Question: Hindi Diwas was celebrated on-
a) 15 September
b) 17 September
c) 14 September
d) 12 September
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 14 September 2016 Hindi Diwas was celebrated across the country.
- On this occasion the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee had conferred awards at a function in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
- The awards are given in different categories for the excellence in different fields pertaining to Hindi.
- The Awards were conferred upon the Ministries, Departments, PSUs and Nationalised Banks.
- Hindi Diwas commemorates the day when the Constituent Assembly of India accepted Hindi as the official language of the country along with English i.e. on 14 September 1949.
- It should be known that on 10 January every year ‘World Hindi Day’ is celebrated.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/hindirelease.aspx?relid=54096
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_Divas