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Hindi Diwas 2026 was marked alongside the 6th All India Official Language Conference at Navi Mumbai, with the Union Home Minister as Chief Guest.
The date commemorates the Constituent Assembly's decision of 14 September 1949 to adopt Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union.
The Rajbhasha Kirti and Rajbhasha Gaurav Awards were conferred, with the Department of Financial Services taking a first prize and DARPG a special Rajbhasha Utkrishtata Sammaan.
Language-technology initiatives were highlighted — Kanthasth 2.0 with over five crore sentences, the Hindi Shabd Sindhu dictionary and the Bharti translation tool.
Thirteen volumes of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language's reports have been completed, four submitted to the President since 2019.
Declares Hindi in Devanagari script the official language of the Union, with the international form of Indian numerals. English was to continue for all official purposes of the Union for fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, and the President could authorise Hindi alongside English during that period.
Provides for English to continue alongside Hindi for the official purposes of the Union beyond the constitutional fifteen-year period. Section 4 constitutes the Committee of Parliament on Official Language.
Lists the 22 scheduled languages of India — Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri being the most recent additions to the original list.
The block of provisions dealing with the official language of the Union, of the states, of the judiciary and of inter-state communication.
Ensures compliance with the constitutional and legal provisions on official language and promotes the use of Hindi for the official purposes of the Union; organises the All India Official Language Conference and confers the Rajbhasha awards.
Reviews the progress made in the use of Hindi for the official purposes of the Union and reports to the President, who lays the report before both Houses and sends it to all state governments.
Developed the Kanthasth translation-memory software with the Department of Official Language.
The Union Cabinet granted Marathi classical language status on 3 October 2024 along with Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali, taking India's total to 11 — after Tamil (2004), Sanskrit (2005), Kannada and Telugu (2008), Malayalam (2013) and Odia (2014).
The release ties the official-language push to the NEP's placing of the mother tongue at the centre of early education and to entrance examinations being held in multiple Indian languages.
The Home Minister's address noted that public celebration of Ganesh Utsav in Maharashtra was begun by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1893 as a vehicle for cultural nationalism.
GS Paper 2 > Indian Polity > Official Language Provisions of the Constitution
General Awareness > Polity and Important Days
The Constitution (71st Amendment) Act, 1992 amends the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution to include which of the following languages? 1. Konkani 2. Manipuri 3. Nepali 4. Maithili Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
Consider the following languages: 1. Gujarati 2. Kannada 3. Telugu Which of the above has/have been declared as 'Classical Language/Languages' by the Government?
Answer: 2 and 3 only
"Anandamath", the famous novel, was written by:
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
What is the Official Language of the state of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Tamil
What is the Official Language of the state of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Tamil
Official language provisions recur regularly in Prelims polity
Observed on 14 September to mark the Constituent Assembly's adoption of Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union on 14 September 1949.
A translation-memory software built by the Department of Official Language with C-DAC, Pune; version 2.0 carries a database of over five crore sentences.
Award conferred by the Department of Official Language on ministries, departments and institutions for implementation of the official language, in categories defined by staff strength.