New Delhi: World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on 10 January. The day is celebrated to promote Hindi around the world.
It is also observed because Hindi is one of the most spoken languages in the world.
First World Hindi Day was celebrated in the year 2006. It is usually confused with Hindi Diwas which is celebrated on 14 September every year.
The date was chosen to commemorate the anniversary of first World Hindi Conference which was organized on 10 January 1975 in Nagpur. Since then, World Hindi Conferences have been organized in many places like Port Louis, Spain, London, New York, Johannesburg.
The language got its name from the Persian term ‘Hind’ which means ‘the land of Indus’. The language is spoken in India, Trinidad, Nepal, Guyana, Mauritius and other countries.
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