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Official Language Hindi Unites Nation In Thread Of Unity: Home Minister Amit Shah

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Every year Hindi Diwas is observed on September 14. The day is dedicated to the Hindi language after it was announced as the official language of the Union of India.

New Delhi: As the country observed Hindi Diwas on Wednesday, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said Hindi is the friend of all Indian languages and it โ€œunites the whole nation in a thread of unityโ€ as an official language.

The minister took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to express his views at the event and made it clear that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is committed for the โ€œparallel developmentโ€ of all local languages including Hindi. โ€œOfficial language Hindi unites the nation in the thread of unity. Hindi is a friend of all Indian languages. Modiโ€™s government is committed for the parallel development of all local languages including Hindi. I salute the great personalities who have contributed in the preservation and promotion of Hindi. Happy โ€˜Hindi Diwasโ€™ to all,โ€ Shah tweeted in Hindi.

The ministerโ€™s views came hours before taking part in the second All India Official Language Conference organized on the occasion of Hindi Diwas in Surat.

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Every year Hindi Diwas is observed on September 14. The day is dedicated to the Hindi language after it was announced as the official language of the Union of India.

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, had officially declared September 14 as the Hindi Diwas.
The Constituent Assembly of India declared Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, to be the official language of the Union of India on September 14, 1949. English is the second official language.
The decision of using Hindi as an official language of India was legalised by the Constitution of India on January 26, 1950.

Hindi was made one of the official languages in order to streamline government operations in a multilingual nation.
Spoken as a native language by 258 million people, Hindi is recognised as the fourth most spoken language in the world.

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