On The Occasion Of Hindi Diwas - Greeting Extends By Union Home Minister Amit Shah & Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the nation for the 'Hindi Diwas' on Monday (September 14) and congratulated the linguists who worked tirelessly for Hindi language growth. 

I thank all the linguists who helped create the Hindi language on this occasion, tweeted the Prime Minister. "Welcome all on Hindi Diwas.

हिन्दी दिवस पर आप सभी को बहुत-बहुत शुभकामनाएं। इस अवसर पर हिन्दी के विकास में योगदान दे रहे सभी भाषाविदों को मेरा हार्दिक अभिनंदन।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 14, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also extended his wishes to 'Hindi Diwas' by saying that the language was an 'unbreakable feature of Indian culture' adding that since centuries Hindi has served to 'unify the entire world.'

हिंदी भारतीय संस्कृति का अटूट अंग है। स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के समय से यह राष्ट्रीय एकता और अस्मिता का प्रभावी व शक्तिशाली माध्यम रही है। हिंदी की सबसे बड़ी शक्ति इसकी वैज्ञानिकता, मौलिकता और सरलता है।

मोदी सरकार की नयी शिक्षा नीति से हिंदी व अन्य भारतीय भाषाओं का समांतर विकास होगा।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 14, 2020

In particular, on 14 September 1949, Hindi was first adopted as the Republic of India's official language by the Constituent Assembly of India. 

By the Constitution of India on 26 January 1950, the decision to use Hindi as India's official language was legalized. 

Hindi is the 4th most spoken language in the world and is spoken as a Native language by over 250 million in India.