The Hindi Pakhwada (fortnight) began on September 13th and will continue until September 27th in the Lucknow Division of the North Eastern Railway. The DRM, Aditya Kumar, welcomed Professor Dr. Suraj Bahadur Thapa from the Hindi and Modern Languages Department of Lucknow University as the chief guest. He highlighted...
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the significance of Hindi Day, emphasizing that Hindi serves as the primary language of communication between the people and the government in India's democratic system. The Constitution Assembly formally adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language on September 14, 1949, after extensive deliberation. To commemorate this day, the Indian government decided to celebrate September 14th annually as Hindi Day to promote the use and spread of Hindi in all central government offices. The first Hindi Day was observed on September 14, 1953, and the tradition continues to this day.