World Hindi Day, celebrated on January 10, marks the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference held in Nagpur in 1975, with 122 delegates from 30 countries.
The Conference aimed to promote Hindi globally. In 2006, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh initiated the celebration of World Hindi Day.
The famous poet Amir Khusro was the first to write poetry in Hindi, blending Persian and Hindi to create a unique form of literature.
The first book on the history of the Hindi language was written not by an Indian, but by a French writer, Grasim de Taisi.
In 1977, former PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered a speech in Hindi at the UN, a moment that significantly boosted the recognition of the Hindi language on global stage.
On January 26, 1950, Hindi was adopted as the official language of India under Article 343 of the Indian Constitution.
Hindi is spoken in several countries beyond India, including Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
Many Hindi words like 'Bapu' and 'Surya Namaskar' have been included in the Oxford Dictionary.
Hindi debuted on the internet in 2000 with the first Hindi magazine. Since then, its influence has steadily grown, becoming one of the most popular languages online.
While English uses the Roman script with 26 letters, Hindi's Devanagari script consists of 52 letters.