Overview
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs hosted a World Hindi Day event, inaugurated by Minister of State K. V. Singh, according to official posts.
- Indian embassies are staging contests and cultural programs, including a Hindi poetry and essay competition by the Embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg with €100–€50 prizes.
- International scholarly engagement features ongoing visits supported by ICCR, highlighted by Padma Shri awardee Tomio Mizokami’s recent travel to India.
- Hindi’s promotion is anchored in its recognition as the Union’s official language under Article 343 of the Constitution in 1950.
- The observance draws on the legacy of the 1975 World Hindi Conference in Nagpur and its formal designation as World Hindi Day on January 10 in 2006.