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Hindi Diwas on September 14 marks 1949's adoption of Hindi
Hindi Diwas is celebrated on September 14 to commemorate the Constituent Assembly’s 1949 adoption of Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union.
Constitutional Provisions on Hindi:
| Dimension | Key Details |
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| Article 343 | Article 343 provides for Hindi written in the Devanagari script as the official language of the central government, with international Indian numerals. |
| National language status | The Indian Constitution does not give any single language the status of a national language, and Hindi is not the National Language of India. |
| Article 351 | Article 351 sets a duty for the Central Government to spread and develop the Hindi language so that it can serve as a medium of expression for all elements of India’s mixed culture. |
| Recent trigger | The Supreme Court has launched the Hindi public information service ‘Jan Soochna Seva’ to make available simplified summaries of select judgements and orders in Hindi. |