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Hindi Diwas is being celebrated across the country today. It was on this day in 1949 that the constituent assembly adopted Hindi written in Devanagari as the official language of the country. Today, Hindi is one of the widely spoken languages in the world and the first language of more than 520 million people.
Government has taken several steps to promote the Rajbhasha and at the international forums, Hindi is being well received. The pioneer was the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee whose address to the UN General Assembly is still recalled by one and all.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated and extended best wishes to the people on the occasion of Hindi Diwas. In a tweet, Mr Modi congratulated all the linguists who contributed to the development of Hindi.
VP Venkaiah Naidu calls for according equal respect to all languages
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu today called for according equal respect to all the languages and emphasised that no language should be either imposed or opposed. Addressing an online event on the occasion of Hindi Divas -2020, the Vice President said that all Indian languages have rich history and people should be proud of our language diversity and cultural heritage.
Mentioning that Mahatma Gandhi had found the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha in 1918, Mr Naidu emphasised that Hindi and other Indian languages should be seen as complementary to each other. To increase goodwill, love and affection among the citizens, he suggested that students from non-Hindi speaking states should learn Hindi and the students from Hindi speaking states should learn one more Indian language such as Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.
Expressing happiness over the importance given to mother tongue in NEP-2020, the Vice President called for providing education in mother tongue for inclusive education.