Hindi Diwas 2026: 5 fascinating facts about Hindi
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Why is September 14 celebrated as Hindi Diwas?
September 14 marks the day in 1949 when the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in Devanagari script as an official language of the Indian Union
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Hindi is not India’s national language
India has no national language. Hindi is one of the Union’s official languages, alongside English, for official purposes under the constitutional framework
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Hindi has a global presence
Hindi is spoken not only in India but also by communities across countries including Fiji, Mauritius, Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago
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Use of Devanagari script
The Devanagari script is also used to write languages such as Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit, making it one of South Asia’s widely used writing systems
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Origin of Hindi language
Modern Hindi has absorbed words from Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Portuguese, and English, reflecting centuries of cultural interaction
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