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Category: Misc
Important Points
- World Hindi Day marks the first World Hindi Conference (Nagpur, 1975).
- Official observance began in 2006. Distinct from National Hindi Diwas (14 September).
- Abhyuday-3 organised with CSIR-NIScPR, IIT Indore, IIT Jodhpur.
- Hindi is the third most spoken language globally (~600 million speakers).
- Derived from Sanskrit → Prakrit → Apabhramsa → Khari Boli.
- UNESCO recognised Hindi in 1948. Article 343: Hindi in Devanagari as official Union language.
- Article 344: Language Commission & Parliamentary Committee. Article 351: Promotion and enrichment of Hindi.