World Hindi Day 2023: 10 January

Category : Important Days Published on: January 11 2023

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World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi Diwas is observed on January 10. The day is observed to promote the language.
January 10 also marks the anniversary of the language being spoken for the first time in the United Nations General Assembly.
Vishwa Hindi Diwas is different from Hindi Diwas, which is observed on September 14.
Vishwa Hindi Diwas was first celebrated in 2006 under the instructions of then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The date of January 10 was chosen as Hindi was spoken for the first time in the United Nations General Assembly on January 10, 1949.
On January 10, 1975, the first World Hindi Conference officially began. It took place in Nagpur from January 10 to January 12, 1975.