CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE RELATED PART-17 OF THE CONSTITUTION

OF INDIA
CHAPTER I - LANGUAGE OF THE UNION

Article 120: Language to be used in Parliament - (1) Notwithstanding anything in

part XVII, but subject to the provisions of article 348, business in Parliament shall be
transacted in Hindi or in English:
Provided that the Chairman of the Council of States or Speaker of the House of the People, or
person acting as such, as the case may be, may permit any member who cannot adequately
express himself in Hindi or in English to address the House in his mother-tongue.
(2) Unless Parliament by law otherwise provides, this article shall, after the expiration of
a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, have effect as if the
words or in English were omitted there from.

Article 210: Language to be used in the Legislature

(1) Notwithstanding anything in part XVII, but subject to the provisions of article
348, business in the Legislature of a State shall be transacted in the official
language or languages of the State or in Hindi or in English:
Provided that the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or Chairman of the Legislative
Council, or person acting as such, as the case may be, may permit any member who cannot
adequately express himself in any of the languages aforesaid to address the House in his
mother-tongue.
(2)
Unless the Legislature of the State by law otherwise provides, this article shall, after
the expiration of a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, have
effect as if the words or in English were omitted there from :

Provided that in relation to the Legislatures of the States of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur,
Meghalaya and Tripura this clause shall have effect as if for the words fifteen years
occurring therein, the words twenty-five years were substituted:
Provided further that in relation to the Legislature of the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa
and Mizoram, this clause shall have effect as if for the words fifteen years occurring
therein, the words forty years were substituted.
Article 343. Official language of the Union(1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devnagari script. The form of numerals to be used for
the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this
Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which
it was being used immediately before such commencement:
Provided that the President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in
addition to the English language and of the Devnagari form of numerals in addition to the internationl form of
Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in this article, Parliament may be law provide for the use, after the said period of
fifteen years, of(a) the English language, or
(b) the Devnagari form of numerals,
for such purposes as may be specified in the law.

Article 344. Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language(1) The President shall, at the expiration of five years from the commencement of this Constitution and
thereafter at the expiration of ten years from such commencement, by order constitute a Commission which
shall consist of a Chairman and such other members representing the different languages specified in the Eighth
Schedule as the President may appoint, and the order shall define the procedure to be followed by the
Commission.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Commission to make recommendations to the President as to(a) the progressive use of the Hindi language for the official purposes of the Union;
(b) restrictions on the use of the English language for all or any of the official
purposes of the Union;
(c) the language to be used for all or any of the purposes mentioned in article 348;

(d) the form of numerals to be used for any one or more specified purposes of the Union;
(e) any other matter referred to the Commission by the President as regards the official language of the Union
and the language for communication between the Union and a State or between one State and another and their
use.
(3) In making their recommendations under clause (2), the Commission shall have due regard to the industrial,
cultural and scientific advancement of India, and the just claims and the interests of persons belonging to the
non-Hindi speaking areas in regard to the public services.
(4) There shall be constituted a Committee consisting of thirty members, of whom twenty shall be members of
the House of the People and ten shall be members of the Council of States to be elected respectively by the
members of the House of the People and the members of the Council of States in accordance with the system of
proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Committee to examine the recommendations of the Commission constituted under
clause (1) and to report to the President their opinion thereon.
(6) Notwithstanding anything in article 343, the President may, after consideration of the report referred to in
clause (5), issue directions in accordance with the whole or any part of that report.

CHAPTER II - REGIONAL LANGUAGES

Article 345. Official language or languages of a State- subject to the provisions of articles 346 and 347, the
legislature of a State may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State or Hindi as the
Language or Languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of that State:
Provided that, until the Legislature of the State otherwise provides by law, the English language shall continue
to be used for those official purposes within the State for which it was being used immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution.
Article 346. Official languages for Communication between one State and another or between a State and
the Union- The language for the time being authorised for use in the Union for official purposes shall be the
official language for communication between one State and another State and between a State and the Union :
Provided that if two or more States agree that the Hindi language should be the official language for
communication between such States, that language may be used for such communication.
Article 347. Special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the population of a State- On a
demand being made in that behalf the President may, if he is satisfied that a substantial proportion of the
population of a State desire the use of any language spoken by them to be recognised by that state, direct that
such language shall also be officially recognised throughout that State or any part thereof for such purpose as he
may specify.

CHAPTER III - LANGUAGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,

HIGH COURTS, ETC.
Article 348. Language to be used in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts and for Acts, Bills, etc.(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, until Parliament by law otherwise
provides(a) All proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court,
(b) the authoritative texts(i) of all Bills to be introduced or amendments thereto to be moved in either House of Parliament or in the
House or either House of the Legislature of a State.
(ii) Of all Acts passed by Parliament or the Legislature of a State and of all Ordinances promulgated by the
President or the Governor of a State, and
(iii) Of all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued under this Constitution or under any law made by
Parliament or the Legislature of a State, shall be in the English language.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-clause(a) of clause(1), the Governor of a State may, with the previous
consent of the President, authorise the use of the Hindi language, or any other language used for any official
purposes of the State, in proceedings in the High Court having its principal seat in that State:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any judgment, decree or order passed or made by such High
Court.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-clause(b) of clause(1), where the Legislature of a State has prescribed any
language other than the English language for use in Bills introduced in, or Acts passed by, the Legislature of the
State or in Ordinances promulgated by the Governor of the State or in any order, rule, regulation or bye-law
referred to in paragraph (iii) of that sub-clause, a translation of the same in the English language published under
the authority of the Governor of the State in the Official Gazette of that State shall be deemed to be the
authoritative text thereof in the English language under this article.
Article 349. Special procedure for enactment of certain laws relating to languageDuring the period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, no Bill or amendment making
provision for the language to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (1) of article 348 shall be
introduced or moved in either House of Parliament without the previous sanction of the President, and the
President shall not give his sanction to the introduction of any such Bill or the moving of any such amendment
except after he has taken into consideration the recommendations of the Commission constituted under clause(1)
of article 344 and the report of the Committee constituted under clause(4) of that article.
CHAPTER IV - SPECIAL DIRECTIVES

Article 350. Language to be used in representations for redress of grievances- Every person shall be entitled
to submit a representation for the redress of any grievance to any officer or authority of the Union or a State in
any of the languages used in the Union or in the State, as the case may be.
Article 350A. Facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at the primary stage - It shall be the endeavor of
every State and of every local authority within the State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the
mother-tongue at the primary stage of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups; and the
President may issue such directions to any State as he considers necessary or proper for securing the provision
of such facilities.
Article 350B. Special Officer for linguistic minorities- (1) There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic
minorities to be appointed by the President.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Special officer to investigate all matters relating to the safeguards provided for
linguistic minorities under this Constitution and report to the President upon those matters at such intervals as
the President may direct, and the president shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of
Parliament and sent to the Government of the States concerned.
Article 351. Directive for development of the Hindi language- It shall be the duty of the Union to promote
the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the
elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with
its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in
the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit
and secondarily on other languages.

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY OF THE UNION

Hindi in Devanagari script is the official language of the Union . The form of numerals to be
used for official purposes of the Union is the international form of Indian numerals {Article
343 (1) of the Constitution}.In addition to Hindi language English language may also be
used for official purposes. (Section 3 of the Official Languages Act)
Business in Parliament may be transacted in English or in Hindi. However, the Honble
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or the Honble Speaker of the Lok Sabha may permit any
Member to address the House in his / her mother tongue under special circumstances (Article
120 of the Constitution).
The purposes for which Hindi alone is to be used, the purposes for which both Hindi
and English are to be used and the purposes for which English language is to be used, have
been specified in the Official Languages Act, 1963, the Official Language Rules, 1976 and
the directions issued under them from time to time by the Department of Official Language,
Ministry of Home Affairs.

It has been the policy of the Government of India that progressive use of Hindi in the
official work may be ensured through persuasion, incentive and goodwill.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WITH REFERENCE TO OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNION
Policy Related
DATE

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

14.9.1949 : The Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the Official Language of the Union
26.1.1950 : The Constitution came into force. Consequently provisions made there in relating to
languages (Article 120, 210 and 343 to 351)
1952 : Voluntary Hindi language training was started by Ministry of Education.
27.5.1952 : The use of Hindi Language in addition to English language and of Devnagri from of
numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of
appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Courts.
July, 1955 : Hindi Teaching Scheme was launched. In-service training in Hindi was started for
Ministries, Departments, Attached and Subordinate offices of the Central Government.
7.6.1955 : B.G.Kher Commission {Under Article 344(I) of the Constitution} constituted.
October, 1955: Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
3.12.1955 : In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 343(2) of the Constitution,
orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific
purposes of the Union .
31.7.1956 : The Report of the Kher Commission was submitted to the President.
1957 : A Parliamentary Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the then Minister of
Home Affairs Shri Govind Ballabh Pant to review the Kher Commission Report.
8.2.1959 : The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344(4) of the
Constitution was submitted to the President.
September,1959 : Debate in Parliament on the report of the Committee of Parliament on Official
Languages. The then Prime Minister, Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru assured the House that neither will
there be any hindrance on the was of using English as an associate language nor will there be fixed
any time limit for it. All the languages of India are equally respected and are our National Languages.

1960 : The compulsory training of Hindi typing, Hindi stenography was started.
27.4.1960 : Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on Official
Languages, which includes issues relating to preparation of Hindi glossaries, Hindi translation of
codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees, propagation of Hindi,
language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Courts etc.
10.5.1963 : Keeping in view the provision made in Article 343(3) and the assurance given by Shri
Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Official Languages Act was enacted. Accordingly, Hindi is being used as the
Official Language of the Union and English as an associate language.
5.9.1967 : Central Hindi Committee or Kendriya Hindi Samiti constituted under the chairmanship of
the Prime Minister.
16.12.1967: A Resolution on Official Languages was adopted by both Houses of Parliament on
16.12.1976 and notified on 18.1.1968. In it the need to prepare a more intensive and comprehensive
programme for the progressive use of Hindi for official purposes, preparing annual assessment report
for reviewing its progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other
languages included in the 8th schedule along with Hindi, adopting of a tri-lingual formula, making the
knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and
inclusion of all the languages of the 8th Schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional
medium for the exams. conducted by the Union Public Service Commission at an appropriate time,
has been stressed. (The Resolution was notified on 18.01.1968)
1967 : Sindhi language was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.
8.1.1968 : The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in
Section 3(4) of the Act that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English
may carry out their work effectively and interests may not be adversely affected merely because they
are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3(5) bringing to an end the use of
English language for the official purposes of the Union it is necessary that the resolutions to that effect
passed by the Legislatures of the States (where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after
considering these passed by both the Houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English
language.
1968 : According to the provisions made in the Official Language Resolution, 1968, for working in
official language Hindi an annual programme was chalked out from the year 1968-69 onwards.
01.03.1971 : Central Translation Bureau constituted.
1973: Establishment of a training centre at the Delhi based head quarter of Central Translation
Bureau.

1974: Compulsory training of Hindi language, typing and shorthand, for the employees of the Central
Government and Corporations Undertakings, Banks etc. owned or controlled by it, except for class-IV
employees, work-charged employees and employees of Industrial Units.
June, 1975 : With a view to implementing Constitutional and legal provisions relating to the Official
Language, the Department of Official Language came into being.
1976 : Official Languages Rules were framed.
1976 : Parliamentary Committee on Official Language was constituted according to the provisions in
Section 4 of the Official Languages Act. The Committee has since submitted 08 parts of its report and
presidential orders have been issued on first 07 parts. Action is being taken for seeking comments of
th

various Ministries and State Governments on the recommendations contained in the 08 part of the
report.
1977: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Foreign Minister, addressed the General Assembly of
United Nations Organisation, in Hindi for the first time.
1981 : The Central Secretariat Official Language Service was constituted.
25.10.1983 : Technical Cell was constituted in the Department of Official Language with a view to
promote the use of Official Language Hindi on mechanical/electronic devices and to publicize the
available bilingual facilities in the Ministries/Departments of Government of India, Government
Undertakings, Nationalised Banks.
21-08-1985 : Central Hindi Training Institute was instituted to provide fulltime intensive training of
Hindi Language, Hindi typing and Hindi stenography to employees.
1986: The Report of Kothari Education Commission was presented. It was already recommended in
1968 that Indian languages should be the medium of education in India . It was mentioned in the
implementation-programme of new Education Policy (1986) about the medium of higher education
that the modern Indian languages are already being used as medium of education at school level. It
is the need of the hour that these should also be adopted at university level as medium progressively.
For this, it is desirable that the progressive modern Indian languages should be adopted in all
subjects and at every level as medium of education, after consultation with the State Governments,
University Grants Commission.
1986-87 : Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards were instituted.
09.10.1987 : Official Languages Rules, 1976 were amended.

1988: Shri P.V.Narsimha Rao, the then Foreign Minister, addressed the General Assembly of United
Nations Organisation, in Hindi.
1992 : Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages were included in the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution.
02.09.2003: A Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. Sitakant Mohapatra to
consider the issues relating to demands for inclusion of more languages in the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution and to study the feasibility of treating all languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution as Official Languages of the Union . The Committee submitted its report on 14.06.2004.
11.09.2003 : The Cabinet took a decision for preparation of question papers of N.D.A. and C.D.S.
examinations in Hindi also.
08.01.2004: Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali languages were included in the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution.
06.09.2004: The Supreme Court observed in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Matribhasha Vikas
Parishad that the objective behind constitution of Commission for Scientific and Technical
Terminology is to provide uniformity in terminology being used for Hindi and other modern languages.
This uniformity is necessary for usage of technical terminology. The Supreme Court directed that the
terminology coined by the Commission should be used in the text books prepared by the N.C.E.R.T.
under the Government of India and by other institutions like-wise.
Technical Related
24.01.2000: The Portal of Department of Official Language was launched by Honble Home Minister
in which Department related information were made available bilingually.
14.09.2003 : The Department of Official Language has made available on its web-site a computer
programme (Lila Hindi Prabodh, Lila Hindi Praveen and Lila Hindi Pragya) for self-learning of Hindi up
to the level of Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya with the help of computer.
14.09.2004 : The Department of Official Language made available on its web-site a free of cost selflearning package for Hindi of the level of Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya through the medium of Tamil,
Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.
20.06.2005: 525 Hindi fonts, fonts code-converter, English-Hindi Dictionary, Hindi spell-checker have
been made available on the web-site free of cost. These can be down-loaded from http://ildc.gov.in .

14.09.2005: The Department of Official Language has made available on its web-site the self-learning
package for Hindi of the level of Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya through the medium of Bangla
language.
Mantra-Rajbhasha (English to Hindi Translation tool) for Administrative and Finance domains were
launched.
14.09.2006: The Department of Official Language has made available on its web-site the self-learning
package for Hindi of the level of Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya through the medium of Assamese,
Oriya, Marathi and Manipuri languages.
Mantra-Rajbhasha (English to Hindi Translation tool) for Small Scale Industries and Agriculture
domains were launched.
14.09.2007: The Department of Official Language has made available on its web-site the self-learning
package for Hindi of the level of Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya through the medium of Nepali,
Punjabi, Kashmiri and Gujarati languages.
Mantra-Rajbhasha (English to Hindi Translation tool) for Information Technology and Health
Care domains were launched.
Implementation Related
14.9.1999 : Golden Jubilee of the official language Hindi of the Union was celebrated.
20.10.2000: The National Awards Scheme for Original Book Writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year
2001-02 was started under which the awards are as follows :-

22.07.2004:

(1)

First Prize -

Rs. 1,00,000

(2)

Second Prize -

Rs. 75,000

(3)

Third Prize -

Rs. 50,000

(4)

Ten consolation Prizes - Rs. 10,000

The

norms

for

the

creation

of

minimum

number

of

Hindi

posts

for

compliance/implementation of the Official Language Policy of the Central Government were refixed.

25.10.2004

The 30th meeting of Central Official Language Implementation Committee

under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Official Language in
report of Ministries/Departments regarding the Official Language Hindi was re

08.08.2005

The National Awards Scheme for Original Book Writing on Gyan-Vigyan wa

Gandhi National Award Scheme for Original Book Writing on Gyan-Vigya
enhanced prize amounts are as under:(1)

First Prize -

(2)

Second Prize -

(3)

Third Prize -

(4)

Consolation Prizes (10) -

Rs. 2,00,000
Rs. 1,25,000
Rs. 75,000
Rs. 10,000 to each winner

This scheme will be effective from the year 2004-05 (books published in).

15.02.2007

27.02.2008

22.09.2008

24.08.2009

04.11.2010
29 & 30. 12.2010

09.02.2011

The 31st meeting of Central Official Language Implementation Committee

under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Official Language in
report of Ministries/Departments regarding the Official Language Hindi was re
The 32nd meeting of Central Official Language Implementation Committee
under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Official Language in
report of Ministries/Departments regarding the Official Language Hindi was re
The 33rd meeting of Central Official Language Implementation Committee
under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Official Language in
report of Ministries/Departments regarding the Official Language Hindi was re
The 34th meeting of Central Official Language Implementation Committee
under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Official Language in
report of Ministries/Departments regarding the Official Language Hindi was re
Constitution of Editorial Board for revamping and periodical updating o
Website
The two days long 35th meeting of Central Official Language Implementation
was held under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Official Lan
progress report of Ministries/Departments regarding the Official Language H
depth, and Action Points for all concerned identified.
A coordinating meeting was held with the officers of Commission for Sc
Terminology and Ministry of Human Resource Development.

22.02.2011

05.04.2011

A review meeting was held with the heads of Regional Implementation o

Training Institute and the Central Translation Bureau under the Official Langu

24.05.2011

Decisions were taken to innovate and improve the body of the Joural
published quarterly by the Department of Official Language.
Guidelines for the formation and operation of Town Official Language Comm
checklist of Agenda Points for discussion in the meetings of TOLICs issued.
Check list for Agenda Points for discussion in the meetings of Hindi Salahaka
Constitution of Editorial Board for Rajbhasha Bharati

26.05.2011

Revised norms and guidelines for consideration of various prizes and awards finaliz

29.4.2011
10.05.2011

website to promote transparency.

National Hindi Day and Zonal Felicitation Funtion & Colloquium

29/30.11.2004

The

Regional

Official

Language

Conference

for

Northern

and

Delhi

Reg

Chandigarh. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for t

given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation
Policy of the Union were also discussed.
01/02.02.2005

The Regional Official Language Conference for Eastern

and North-Eastern R

Guwahati. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for th

given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation
Policy of the Union were also discussed.
15/16.02.2005

The Regional Official Language Conference for Southern and South-Western R

Banglore. H.E., the Governor of Karnataka was the Chief Guest in the function. Awa

04 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the impl
Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.
11/12.03.2005

The Regional Official Language Conference for Central and Western Regions was he
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.

Awards for the year 2003-04 w

issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Official Languag
14.09.2005

were also discussed.

The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In this function Ind

Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the yea
away by the Hon'ble Home Minister.
02/03.12.2005

The Regional Official Language Conference for Southern and South-Western R

Thiruvanthapuram. H.E., the Governor of Kerala was the Chief Guest in the function.

2004-05 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imp
Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.
23/24.01.2006

The Regional Official Language Conference for Eastern and North-Eastern R

Guwahati. H.E., the Governor of Orissa was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards

were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imple
Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.

07/08.03.2006

The Regional Official Language Conference for Northern and Delhi Regions was he

the Governor of Uttranchal was The Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the yea

away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Offic
the Union were also discussed.
22/23.03.2006

The Regional Official Language Conference for Central and Western Regions was
Secretary, Department of Official Language

was the Chief Guest in the function.

2004-05 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imp
14.09.2006

Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.

The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In this function Ind

Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the yea
away by the Hon'ble Home Minister along with other programs.
12/13.01.2007

The Regional Official Language Conference for Southern and South-Western R

Cochin. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the yea

away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Offic
the Union were also discussed.
12/13.02.2007

The Regional Official Language Conference for Central and Western Regions was h
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.

Awards for the year 2005-06 w

issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Official Languag
were also discussed.
23/24.02.2007

The Regional Official Language Conference for Northern and Delhi Regions was h

Joint Secretary, Department of Official Language was the Chief Guest in the function.

2005-06 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imp
Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.
21/22.03.2007

The Regional Official Language Conference for Eastern and North-Eastern R

Kolkata. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the yea

away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Offic
14.09.2007

the Union were also discussed.

The Hindi Divas Function was held at Siri Fort, New Delhi. In this function Indira Gand

and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year 2005-0
the Hon'ble Home Minister along with other programs.
04/05.10.2007

The Regional Official Language Conference for Southern and South-Western R

Hyderabad. Vice Chanclellor, Usmania University was the Chief Guest in the function

2006-07 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imp
Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.
13/14.11.2007

The Regional Official Language Conference for Eastern and North-Eastern R

Siliguri. The Secretary, Department of Official Language was the Chief Guest in the

the year 2006-07 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi a
of Official Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.

13/14.12.2007

The Regional Official Language Conference for Northern and Delhi Regions was held
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.

Awards for the year 2006-07 w

issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Official Languag
were also discussed.
14/15.02.2008

The Regional Official Language Conference for Central and Western Regions was he
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.

Awards for the year 2006-07 w

issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Official Languag
14.09.2008

were also discussed.

The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In this function Ind

Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book writing on Gyan-Vigyan for th
given away by H.E. the President of India along with other programs.
15/16.10.2008

The Regional Official Language Conference for Southern and South-Western R

Aruvankadu(Ooty). Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function. Award

were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imple
28.02.2009

Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.

The Regional Official Language Conference for Central and Western Regions was h

Vice Chancellor, Sayaji Rao University, Vadodara was the Chief Guest in the function

2007-08 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imp
14.09.2009

Language Policy of the Union were also discussed.

The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In this function Ind

Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book writing on Gyan-Vigyan for th
09.10.2009

given away by H.E., the President of India along with other programs.

The Regional Official Language Conference for Southern and South-Western R

Puducherry. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for t

given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation
08.01.2010

Policy of the Union were also discussed.

The Regional Official Language Conference for Northern and Delhi Regions was held
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.

Awards for the year 2008-09 w

issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Official Languag
04/05.02.2010

were also discussed.

The Regional Official Language Conference for and North-Eastern Regions was held
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.

Awards for the year 2008-09 w

issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Official Languag
27.03.2010

were also discussed.

The Regional Official Language Conference for Central and Western Regions was he
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.

Awards for the year 2008-09 w

issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of Official Languag
14.09.2010

were also discussed.

The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In this function Ind

Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the yea
away by H.E. the Vice President of India.

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The Regional Official Language Felicitation Function and Colloquium for Southern
Regions was held at Vishakhapattnam. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in

for the year 2009-10 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated u

implementation of Official Language Policy of the Union witnessed wide and de

participants in an Open-House.

For the first time in pursuance of a decision taken by Hon,ble HM. the Event saw c

the Andhra Pradesh University and its Hindi Department with the objective of sens
students need for greater use of Hindi, the Official Language. The component of a

was also introduced for the first time. Cultural items in the local regional language and
21.01.2011

linguistic and cultural integration, were also presented.

The Regional Official Language Felicitation Function and Colloquium for Central and

held at Panaji(Goa). H.E. the Governor of Goa, was the Chief Guest in the function.

2009-10 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the imp

Language Policy of the Union witnessed wide and deep discussion by all participants in

As per the conscious decision taken, the Event was organized in close associ

University to carry the young generation along in the efforts aimed at awareness-cr

sustain Hindi. The component of a structured colloquium was an integral part of the Fu
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17.03.2011

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held at Shimla. H.E. the Governor of H.P., was the Chief Guest in the function. Awa

10 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the impl

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to carry the young generation along in the efforts aimed at awareness-creation to

Hindi. The component of a structured colloquium was an integral part of the Function
24.03.2011

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the year 2009-10 were given away. The issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi a

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House.

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University to carry the young generation along in the efforts aimed at awareness-cr

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