Hindi Diwas (14th September): Significance, Theme, Facts & History

 

Hindi Diwas (14th September)

(Raj Bhasha Week)
 

“Never forget that how powerful and scientific a language Hindi is and how blessed we are to learn it.”

 

 

Introduction:

Hindi is one of the major languages ​​spoken in the world. Along with being the ancient, rich and simple language of the world, Hindi is also our 'national language'. She also brings us respect all over the world. Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on '14 September' in India.

Hindi is the language of Hindustan. National language is the identity and pride of any country. Hindi binds Hindustan. It is our national duty to show our love and respect towards it. For this duty, we celebrate the day of 14th September as 'Hindi Diwas'. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from literate to illiterate, people of every class understand Hindi language easily. This is also the identity of this language that no one has any problem in speaking and understanding it. Hindi Diwas commemorates the luminaries in the field of Hindi Literature.

 

History of Hindi Diwas:

On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in Devanagari as the official language of India and on 26 January 1950, under Article 343 of the Constitution, decided to celebrate 14 September as 'Hindi Day'. Since then, 'Hindi Day' started being celebrated on 14th September, it is known that in the year 1918, Mahatma Gandhi had asked to make Hindi language as the national language in the 'Hindi Sahitya Sammelan', Hindi is our identity and respect.

After the independence of India, on 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly unanimously decided that the Hindi language would be the official language of India. On the request of Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Wardha, to show the significance of this important decision and to spread Hindi in every region, from 1953, September 14 was celebrated every year as 'Hindi Diwas' all over India.

 

Hindi Diwas- Theme 2022:

The Theme of Hindi Diwas 2022 is presenting ‘the Bhasha Samman Award’ on the day. On this day writers, authors and exceptional literary marvels in Hindi are recognized and awarded for their outstanding contributions to Hindi language.

Literary stars from other languages are also given credit on the same day through the prestigious award. The unique fact about this award is its recognition of other languages on the same platform as the Hindi language.

 

Respect to Hindi Language:

Bhasha Samman has been started on Hindi Diwas to inspire people to promote Hindi. Hindi Diwas is celebrated across the country on 14th September to spread awareness and importance of Hindi language.

 

Facts About Hindi Diwas:

§  September 14 is the birthday of Rajendra Singh.

§  Hindi first got the status of official language on September 14, 1949.

§  September 14 is also the birthday of Rajendra Singh, who worked tirelessly towards making Hindi the official language of India.

§  78% people of the country write, read, speak and understand Hindi. Hindi is also a part of people's work.

§  'World Hindi Day' is also celebrated on 10 January.

 

World Hindi Diwas 2021 Celebration:

Hindi Diwas is celebrated not as one day celebration in fact an entire week is dedicated starting from 14^th September as RajBhasha Week. During entire Rajbhasha Week, each day different themes and anecdotes related to the language are designed. The government offices conduct various events and competitions for their employees during Rajbhasha Week.

The rest of the significant days are celebrated annually one day, but Hindi Diwas is celebrated as ‘Raj Bhasha Week’ a week-long event. During the celebration of a week-long event, unique ideas are organized to promote the language through Talks, Discussions, Slogan Writing, Essay Writing, Poster Designing, Singing, Skit/Play/Drama, Speeches and Debates.

Hindi Diwas is celebrated at a larger scale in schools and colleges as they are the best places where one gets maximum exposure of any language. They conduct Talks, Discussions, Slogan Writing, Essay Writing, Poster Designing, Singing, Skit/Play/Drama, Speeches and Debates in Hindi language.

During Rajbhasha Week (Hindi Diwas) various competitions are organized in schools and colleges. Students prepare creative banners and hold placards and walk-in a rally around their school/ college, focusing on the importance of Hindi language. We all must do our bit to promote the Hindi language and make it popular for the forthcoming generations.

 

Conclusion:

With the changing era, English has set its feet on the soil of India. Because of which today we have to celebrate our national language in the name of a day. Earlier, where the medium of English was not much in schools, today due to the increase in their demand, children studying in big schools of the country are lagging behind in Hindi. Not only this, they do not even know how to write and speak Hindi properly. Not giving importance to Hindi while living in India is also our big mistake.

 

“Hindi is a very scientific language and we must celebrate its uniqueness on the occasion of Hindi Diwas.”