Hindi got the status of official language on 14 September 1949 and important provisions related to it were made in Part-17 of the Constitution. Due to this historical significance of this day, since 1953, 'Hindi Divas' is organized by the Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti on 14 September every year. In view of the promotion of Hindi, this day is an important place to organize.

Hindi is the official state of Indian Ganaraja and the Arya language of Central Indian. According to the 2001 census, about 25.79 crore Indians use Hindi as their mother tongue, while around 42.20 crore people use one of its more than 50 dialects. Major dialects of Hindi include Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Brajbhasha, Chhattisgarhi, Garhwali, Haryanvi, Kumauni, Magadhi, and Marwari languages.

How Hindi became an official language

When India became independent from English rule in the year 1947, the biggest question was about the language in front of it. Because hundreds of languages ​​and dialects are spoken in India. In such a situation, which national language will be chosen was a very important issue. After much thought, Hindi and English were chosen as the languages ​​of the new nation. The Constituent Assembly accepted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the nation along with the British. On September 14, 1949, the Constituent Assembly decided with one vote that Hindi will be the official language of India.

It should be noted that on 26 January 1950, when our Constitution came into force, 14 languages ​​including Hindi written in Devanagari were placed in the eighth list as official languages. According to the constitution, on 26 January 1965, Hindi was to become the official language of the country in place of English and after that in Hindi, various states were to communicate with each other and with the center.

In order to make this happen easily, the Constitution also called for the formation of official language commissions in 1955 and 1960. These Commissions were to report on the development of Hindi and based on these reports, the President was to make some recommendations in this regard by a Joint Committee of Parliament.

But the people living in the states of South India feared that with the introduction of Hindi they would be in a weaker position in different areas than the North Indians. The Official Language Act was passed in the year 1963, amidst the agitation for non-implementation of Hindi, which ended the ban of not using English as the official language after 1965. However, those opposing Hindi were not fully satisfied with this and felt that some of the ambiguity present in this law after Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru could again go against them.

On 26 January 1965, Hindi became the official language of the country and along with it the states of South India, especially in Tamil Nadu (then Madras), underwent a tremendous phase of agitations and violence and many students even committed self-immolation. After this, the solution to this problem was found by the efforts of Indira Gandhi, who was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet, which resulted in the amendment of the Official Language Act in 1967. It is noteworthy that through this amendment, English was considered necessary as the official language of the country as long as non-Hindi speaking states wanted it; To date, this system continues.

Awards are given for the promotion of Hindi

On the occasion of Hindi Day, many awards are given for the promotion of Hindi, such as the Rajbhasha Kirti Award and Rashtrabhasha Gaurav Award. While the Kirti Award is given to a department that has promoted work in Hindi throughout the year, the Rashtrabhasha Gaurav Award is given for technical-science writing. Apart from this, on this day, prize distribution, Hindi poetry competition, debate competition, essay writing, etc. are organized in schools, colleges, and universities across the country. These types of programs definitely encourage the use of Hindi at the civil and administrative levels.

Due to India being multilingual, Hindi is not getting a boost

India is a multilingual country where different regions have different languages ​​and dialects. None of them is less important than Hindi, but at the national level, there is no single language that has the status of a language connecting all states or regions. However, in view of the kind of controversies about the language in the past, while promoting Hindi, it is also important to keep in mind that it does not have any negative impact on other languages.

Need to promote at government level

Hindi has got a place in almost all parts of North India, from the speaking, writing, and institutional level of ordinary people. But, apart from this, Hindi has created a place in most areas of the country, there is great potential for its development and spread. But this will be possible only when its use is promoted at the government level and in some cases, it will also be made mandatory.