World Hindi Secretariat

विश्व हिंदी सचिवालय
(World Hindi Secretariat)
Headquarters Forest side, Curepipe, Mauritius
Official language Hindi
Membership
Leaders
• Secretary-General
 Vinod Kumar Mishra
Establishment
• World Hindi Conference Nagpur
 1975
• Memorandum of Understanding
 August 20, 1999
Population
• 2016 estimate
 ~ 1 billion
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addresses the audience at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the World Hindi Secretariat building site in Mauritius

The World Hindi Secretariat (WHS), (Hindi: विश्व हिंदी सचिवालय), is the name of an international organisation representing countries and regions where Hindi is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population consists of Hindi speakers or where there is a notable affiliation with Indian culture.

The main objective of the WHS is to promote Hindi as an international language and further its cause for recognition at the United Nations as an Official Language.

Vinod Bala Arun was the first secretary-general of the World Hindi Secretariat. The organisation was set up by the governments of India and Mauritius to promote Hindi across the world.[1]

History

In 2012, a proposal was passed on the concluding day of the Ninth World Hindi Conference in Johannesburg to make Hindi one of the official languages of the UN.

The World Hindi Secretariat was asked to prepare a database of global institutions involved in promotion and teaching of Hindi. A database for Hindi scholars was also asked to be prepared.[2]

Structure

In 2015, prime minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the secretariat in Mauritius. He also praised Mauritius for promoting Hindi literature.[3]

India's minister for external affairs, Sushma Swaraj said that India has been trying to get 129 votes at the United Nations to make Hindi an official language of the UN.[4]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "World Hindi Secretariat". Indiahighcom-mauritius.org. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Proposal to make Hindi a UN official language".
  3. ↑ "Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails Mauritius for enriching Hindi literature".
  4. ↑ "India Trying to Get 129 Votes to Get Hindi as UN Language: Sushma Swaraj".
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