Overview

• World Hindi Day was first celebrated in 2006 to honor Hindi's growing global presence and its use in the UN General Assembly in 1949.
• The day marks the anniversary of the inaugural World Hindi Conference held in Nagpur on January 10, 1975, under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's leadership.
• Indian embassies worldwide organize events to celebrate Hindi's cultural and literary heritage, including poetry recitations, seminars, and competitions.
• Hindi is widely spoken in countries like Nepal, Mauritius, Fiji, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Trinidad and Tobago due to Indian diaspora communities.
• Prominent Hindi literary figures, such as Munshi Premchand, Mahadevi Verma, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan, have contributed significantly to Hindi's global recognition.