World Hindi Day

Category: Culture
World Hindi Day around the world in 2025
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About World Hindi Day

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Dates of World Hindi Day
2026 Various Jan 10
InternationalSat, Jan 10Observances Holiday
Trinidad and TobagoSat, Jan 10Observances Holiday
2025 Various Jan 10
InternationalFri, Jan 10Observances Holiday
Trinidad and TobagoFri, Jan 10Observances Holiday
2024 Various Jan 10
InternationalWed, Jan 10Observances Holiday
Trinidad and TobagoWed, Jan 10Observances Holiday
2023 Various Jan 10
InternationalTue, Jan 10Observances Holiday
Trinidad and TobagoTue, Jan 10Observances Holiday
2022 Various Jan 10
InternationalMon, Jan 10Observances Holiday
Trinidad and TobagoMon, Jan 10Observances Holiday
Summary
Modern Hindi today is spoken by more than 250 million people as a first language.
Where is World Hindi Day observed in 2025?

January 10th is celebrated as World Hindi Day.

January 10th marks the first World Hindi Conference that took place in 1975, in Nagpur, Maharashtra. In 2006. 122 delegates from 30 countries attended, and then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared January 10 as World Hindi Day. An objective of the occasion is to present Hindi as an international language.

Hindi was adopted as the Official Language of Republic of India in 1949 on the 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha.

Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with the English language.

It is an official language in 9 States and 3 Union Territories and an additional official language in 3 other States. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India.

Countries where Hindi is spoken

Countries where Hindi is spoken

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