World Hindi Day | 13 Jan 2026

Source: PIB 

The Third Technical Hindi Symposium “Abhyuday-3” was organised with the collaboration of CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, and Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur to promote Technical Hindi and inclusive science outreach. 

• Abhyuday-3 reflected India’s push to expand science and technology outreach through Indian languages, especially Hindi, aligning with World Hindi Day’s goal of strengthening Hindi’s global and functional use. 
• World Hindi Day: 10^th January is observed annually as World Hindi Day. It was on this day in 1975 that the first World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur under the auspices of Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti, Wardha (organization founded by Mahatma Gandhi).  
  • The official observance of World Hindi Day began in 2006, following its announcement by then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, distinct from National Hindi Diwas celebrated on 14th September. 
• National Hindi Diwas: It commemorates the adoption of Hindi in the Devanagari script as an official language of India by the Constituent Assembly in 1949. 
• Hindi Language:  Hindi derives its name from the Persian word “Hind”, meaning the land of the Indus River, a term used by Turk invaders in the early 11th century to describe the language of the region.  
  • It is one of India’s official languages, with English as the other, and is also spoken in countries such as Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nepal.  
  • Hindi evolved from Sanskrit to Prakrit and Apabhramsa, with Khari Boli forming its direct foundation. It later incorporated Persian and Arabic influences.  
    • The modern Devanagari script took shape in the 11th century, giving Hindi its present written structure. 
  • Hindi is the third most spoken language in the world, after English and Chinese, with around 600 million speakers. UNESCO recognised Hindi as an official language in 1948, and it was first used in the United Nations General Assembly in 1949. 
• Constitutional Provisions Related to the Hindi Language: