World Hindi Day, also known as Vishwa Hindi Diwas, is an annual celebration that takes place on January 10th.

• The holiday was established to commemorate the date in 1949 when Hindi was first spoken in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
• With almost 600 million speakers worldwide, Hindi is the third most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and English.
• The celebration of World Hindi Day dates back to 1949 when Hindi was officially recognized as the official language of India at the UNGA.
• In 1975, the first-ever World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur, India to commemorate this achievement.