Press Release

On World Hindi Day - 10th January

09/01/2009

10th January is observed 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.

A function is being organized by Ministry of External Affairs at Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi on 10th January 2009. Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs will be the Chief Guest on this occasion.

A Hindi Essay Competition was organized for foreign students studying Hindi at Agra and Delhi centres of Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Delhi University and Jawahar Lal Nehru University. Cash prizes and Hindi books will be given to the winners of the Essay Competition in this function. Four foreign students will address the audience in Hindi.

A Kavi Sammelan is also being organized in association with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations. Eminent poets such as Dr. Rama Singh, Dr. Savita Aseem, Shri Surender Sharma, Shri Vinay Vishwas, Dr. Sherjung Garg and Dr. Uday Pratap Singh will participate in the programme.

A large number of Indian Missions / Posts abroad such as Kandy (Sri Lanka), New York (USA), Warsaw (Poland), Osaka-Kobe (Japan), Paramaribo (Suriname), Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago), Zagreb (Croatia), Kingston (Jamaica), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Tel Aviv (Israel), Gaborone (Botswana), Hanoi (Vietnam), Ottawa (Canada), and London (UK) are also celebrating World Hindi Day, in some cases jointly with local universities, where Hindi is being taught.

On the occasion of World Hindi Day, the Ministry of External Affairs rededicates itself to the promotion and propagation of Hindi through its Missions abroad by taking new initiatives and harnessing the opportunities available worldwide.


New Delhi
January 09, 2009