World Hindi Day 2024: History, Significance And Theme This Year

World Hindi Day, also known as Vishwa Hindi Diwas, is celebrated annually on January 10 to promote the Hindi language and its usage worldwide. Notably, Hindi is majorly spoken in states like Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Punjab, and also in some countries like Mauritius, Nepal, Fuji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago.

Hindi, which is written in the Devanagari script, is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the country. Hindi is one of the official languages of the Union Government, with the other being English.

The day serves as a platform to celebrate and promote using Hindi in various spheres. Hindi is the third most spoken language in the world after Mandarin Chinese and English, spoken by 600 million people across the world.