world hindi day and hindi diwas Flashcards
When is world hindi day?
10th January
when is hindi diwas?
sept 14th
World hindi day was celebrated first in to commemorate?
2006 to commemorate
the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference
the first World Hindi Conference
was held where and when?
Nagpur on 10th January, 1975.
hindi diwas is also called?
National Hindi Day
why is hindi diwas celebrated? who initiated it’s celeb?
Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, was adopted
as the official language by constituent assembly
on 14th September, 1949 . Therefore Hindi Divas is
celebrated on 14th September every year.
Nehru the first PM of India intiated it’s celebration
When was hindi legalised as an official language by constitution?
jan 26th 1950
The World Hindi Secretariat building was inaugurated when and where?
Mauritius in 2018.
hindi rank in world
4th most spoken lang
status of hindi in India
- 8th schedule lang
*offl lang alongside english
*not classical lang
which article pertains to pertains to ‘Directive for development
of the Hindi language’?
Article 351
The earliest form of old Hindi and literature from that era
Apabhramsa.
400 AD- Kalidas - romantic play - in Apabhramsa
- Vikramorvashiyam.
modern Devanagari script
came into existence
in the 11th century.
origin of the name ‘hindi’
Persian word Hind,
meaning ‘land of the Indus River’. Turk invaders in
the early 11th century named the language of the
region Hindi, ‘language of the land of the Indus River’.
Government Initiatives to Promote Hindi:
The Central Hindi Directorate was established
in 1960 by the Govt under
Ministry of Education.
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
has established ‘Hindi Chairs’ in various foreign
universities/institutions abroad.
LILA-Rajbhasha is a multimedia based intelligent
self-tutoring application for learning Hindi.
E-Saral Hindi Vakya Kosh and E-Mahashabdkosh
Mobile App, both initiatives of the Department
of Official Language, aim to harness information
technology for the growth of Hindi.
Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar and Rajbhasha Kirti
Puraskar recognise contributions to Hindi.