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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 various Ministries and
State Governments on the recommendations contained in the 08th
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 Hon’ble 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 self-learning 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 :-
(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
22.07.2004:
The
norms for the creation of minimum number of Hindi posts for
compliance/implementation of the Official Language Policy of
the Central Government were re-fixed.
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25.10.2004 |
The 30th meeting of Central
Official Language Implementation Committee (COLIC)
was held under the chairmanship of Secretary,
Department of Official Language in which the
progress report of Ministries/Departments regarding
the Official Language Hindi was reviewed.
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08.08.2005 |
The National Awards Scheme for Original Book Writing on
Gyan-Vigyan was renamed as Rajiv Gandhi National Award
Scheme for Original Book Writing on Gyan-Vigyan under which
the enhanced prize amounts are as under:-
(1)
First Prize -
Rs. 2,00,000
(2)
Second Prize -
Rs. 1,25,000
(3)
Third Prize -
Rs. 75,000
(4)
Consolation Prizes (10) -
Rs. 10,000 to each winner
This scheme will
be effective from the year 2004-05 (books published in).
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15.02.2007 |
The 31st
meeting of Central Official Language Implementation
Committee (COLIC) was held under the chairmanship of
Secretary, Department of Official Language in which
the progress report of Ministries/Departments
regarding the Official Language Hindi was reviewed . |
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27.02.2008 |
The 32nd meeting of Central
Official Language Implementation Committee (COLIC)
was held under the chairmanship of Secretary,
Department of Official Language in which the
progress report of Ministries/Departments regarding
the Official Language Hindi was reviewed . |
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22.09.2008 |
The 33rd meeting of Central
Official Language Implementation Committee (COLIC)
was held under the chairmanship of Secretary,
Department of Official Language in which the
progress report of Ministries/Departments regarding
the Official Language Hindi was reviewed . |
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24.08.2009 |
The 34th meeting of Central
Official Language Implementation Committee (COLIC)
was held under the chairmanship of Secretary,
Department of Official Language in which the
progress report of Ministries/Departments regarding
the Official Language Hindi was reviewed . |
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04.11.2010 |
Constitution of Editorial Board for
revamping and periodical updating of the
Department's Website |
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29 & 30.
12.2010 |
The two
days long 35th meeting of Central
Official Language Implementation Committee (COLIC)
was held under the chairmanship of Secretary,
Department of Official Language in which the
progress report of Ministries/Departments regarding
the Official Language Hindi was reviewed in depth,
and Action Points for all concerned identified. |
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09.02.2011 |
A coordinating meeting was held with the
officers of Commission for Scientific & Technical
Terminology and Ministry of Human Resource
Development. |
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22.02.2011
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A review meeting was held
with the heads of Regional Implementation offices,
Central Hindi Training Institute and the Central
Translation Bureau under the Official Language
Department. |
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05.04.2011 |
Decisions were taken to innovate and improve the body
of the Joural "Rajbhasha BHarti" published
quarterly by the Department of Official Language. |
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29.4.2011 |
Guidelines for the formation and operation
of Town Official Language Committees (TOLICs), and
checklist of Agenda Points for discussion in the
meetings of TOLICs issued. |
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10.05.2011 |
Check list for Agenda Points for discussion
in the meetings of Hindi Salahakar Samitis issued |
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24.05.2011 |
Constitution of Editorial Board for
Rajbhasha Bharati |
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26.05.2011 |
Revised norms and guidelines
for consideration of various prizes and awards
finalized. Uploaded on the website to promote
transparency. |
National Hindi Day and Zonal
Felicitation Funtion & Colloquium
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29/30.11.2004 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Northern and Delhi Regions was held at Chandigarh.
Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the
function. Awards for the year 2003-04 were given
away. The issues relating to accelerated use of
Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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01/02.02.2005 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Eastern and North-Eastern Regions was held at
Guwahati. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in
the function. Awards for the year 2003-04 were
given away. The issues relating to accelerated use
of Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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15/16.02.2005 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Southern and South-Western Regions was held at
Banglore. H.E., the Governor of Karnataka was the
Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the year
2003-04 were given away. The issues relating to
accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of
Official Language Policy of the Union were also
discussed. |
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11/12.03.2005 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Central and Western Regions was held at Nagpur.
Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the
function. Awards for the year 2003-04 were given
away. The issues relating to accelerated use of
Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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14.09.2005 |
The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi. In this function Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha
Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book
writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year 2003-04 were
given away by the Hon'ble Home Minister.
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02/03.12.2005 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Southern and South-Western Regions was held at
Thiruvanthapuram. H.E., the Governor of Kerala was
the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the
year 2004-05 were given away. The issues relating
to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation
of Official Language Policy of the Union were also
discussed. |
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23/24.01.2006 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Eastern and North-Eastern Regions was held at
Guwahati. H.E., the Governor of Orissa was the
Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the year
2004-05 were given away. The issues relating to
accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of
Official Language Policy of the Union were also
discussed. |
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07/08.03.2006 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Northern and Delhi Regions was held at Dehradun.
H.E., the Governor of Uttranchal was The Chief Guest
in the function. Awards for the year 2004-05 were
given away. The issues relating to accelerated use
of Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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22/23.03.2006 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Central and Western Regions was held at Mumbai. The
Secretary, Department of Official Language was the
Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the year
2004-05 were given away. The issues relating to
accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of
Official Language Policy of the Union were also
discussed. |
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14.09.2006 |
The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi. In this function Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha
Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book
writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year 2004-05 were
given away by the Hon'ble Home Minister along with
other programs. |
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12/13.01.2007 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Southern and South-Western Regions was held at
Cochin. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in
the function. Awards for the year 2005-06 were
given away. The issues relating to accelerated use
of Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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12/13.02.2007 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Central and Western Regions was held at Jaipur.
Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the
function. Awards for the year 2005-06 were given
away. The issues relating to accelerated use of
Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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23/24.02.2007 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Northern and Delhi Regions was held at Varanasi.
The Joint Secretary, Department of Official Language
was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for
the year 2005-06 were given away. The issues
relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the
implementation of Official Language Policy of the
Union were also discussed. |
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21/22.03.2007 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Eastern and North-Eastern Regions was held at
Kolkata. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in
the function. Awards for the year 2005-06 were
given away. The issues relating to accelerated use
of Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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14.09.2007 |
The Hindi Divas Function was held at Siri Fort, New
Delhi. In this function Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha
Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book
writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year 2005-06 were
given away by the Hon'ble Home Minister along with
other programs. |
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04/05.10.2007 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Southern and South-Western Regions was held at
Hyderabad. Vice Chanclellor, Usmania University was
the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the
year 2006-07 were given away. The issues relating
to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation
of Official Language Policy of the Union were also
discussed. |
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13/14.11.2007 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Eastern and North-Eastern Regions was held at
Siliguri. The Secretary, Department of Official
Language was the Chief Guest in the function.
Awards for the year 2006-07 were given away. The
issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the
implementation of Official Language Policy of the
Union were also discussed. |
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13/14.12.2007 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Northern and Delhi Regions was held at Haridwar.
Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the
function. Awards for the year 2006-07 were given
away. The issues relating to accelerated use of
Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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14/15.02.2008 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Central and Western Regions was held at Panaji.
Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the
function. Awards for the year 2006-07 were given
away. The issues relating to accelerated use of
Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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14.09.2008 |
The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi. In this function Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha
Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book
writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year 2006-07 were
given away by H.E. the President of India along with
other programs. |
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15/16.10.2008 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Southern and South-Western Regions was held at
Aruvankadu(Ooty). Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief
Guest in the function. Awards for the year 2007-08
were given away. The issues relating to accelerated
use of Hindi and the implementation of Official
Language Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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28.02.2009 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Central and Western Regions was held at Vadodara.
The Vice Chancellor, Sayaji Rao University, Vadodara
was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for
the year 2007-08 were given away. The issues
relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the
implementation of Official Language Policy of the
Union were also discussed. |
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14.09.2009 |
The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi. In this function Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha
Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book
writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year 2007-08 were
given away by H.E., the President of India along
with other programs. |
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09.10.2009 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Southern and South-Western Regions was held at
Puducherry. Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest
in the function. Awards for the year 2008-09 were
given away. The issues relating to accelerated use
of Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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08.01.2010 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Northern and Delhi Regions was held at Dehradun.
Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the
function. Awards for the year 2008-09 were given
away. The issues relating to accelerated use of
Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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04/05.02.2010 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for and
North-Eastern Regions was held at Shillong. Hon'ble
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.
Awards for the year 2008-09 were given away. The
issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the
implementation of Official Language Policy of the
Union were also discussed. |
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27.03.2010 |
The Regional Official Language Conference for
Central and Western Regions was held at Daman.
Hon'ble MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the
function. Awards for the year 2008-09 were given
away. The issues relating to accelerated use of
Hindi and the implementation of Official Language
Policy of the Union were also discussed. |
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14.09.2010 |
The Hindi Divas Function was held at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi. In this function Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha
Awards, and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards for book
writing on Gyan-Vigyan for the year 2008-09 were
given away by H.E. the Vice President of India. |
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21.12.2010 |
The Regional Official Language Felicitation Function
and Colloquium for Southern and South-Western
Regions was held at Vishakhapattnam. Hon'ble
MOS(Home) was the Chief Guest in the function.
Awards for the year 2009-10 were given away. The
issues relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the
implementation of Official Language Policy of the
Union witnessed wide and deep discussion by all
participants in an Open-House.
For the first time in pursuance of a decision
taken by Hon,ble HM. the Event saw close
collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh University and
its Hindi Department with the objective of
sensitization of the young students need for greater
use of Hindi, the Official Language. The component
of a structured colloquium was also introduced for
the first time. Cultural items in the local
regional language and Hindi, characterising
linguistic and cultural integration, were also
presented. |
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21.01.2011 |
The Regional Official Language Felicitation Function
and Colloquium for Central and Western Regions was
held at Panaji(Goa). H.E. the Governor of Goa, was
the Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the
year 2009-10 were given away. The issues relating
to accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation
of Official Language Policy of the Union witnessed
wide and deep discussion by all participants in an
Open-House.
As per the conscious decision taken, the Event
was organized in close association with The Panaji
University to carry the young generation along in
the efforts aimed at awareness-creation to nurture
and sustain Hindi. The component of a structured
colloquium was an integral part of the Function.
Cultural items in the local regional language
and Hindi, signifying linguistic and cultural
synthesis and fusion were also presented. |
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17.03.2011 |
The Regional Official Language Felicitation Function
and Colloquium for Northern and Delhi Regions was
held at Shimla. H.E. the Governor of H.P., was the
Chief Guest in the function. Awards for the year
2009-10 were given away. The issues relating to
accelerated use of Hindi and the implementation of
Official Language Policy of the Union witnessed wide
and deep discussion by all participants in an
Open-House.
As per the conscious decision taken, the Event
was organized in close association with Panaji
University to carry the young generation along in
the efforts aimed at awareness-creation to nurture
and sustain Hindi. The component of a structured
colloquium was an integral part of the Function.
Cultural items in the local regional language
and Hindi, signifying linguistic and cultural
synthesis and fusion were also presented. |
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24.03.2011 |
The Regional Official Language Felicitation Function
and Colloquium for Eastern and North-Eastern Regions
was held at Gangtok(Sikkim). H.E. the Governor of
Sikkim was the Chief Guest in the function. Awards
for the year 2009-10 were given away. The issues
relating to accelerated use of Hindi and the
implementation of Official Language Policy of the
Union witnessed wide and deep discussion by all
participants in an Open-House.
As per the conscious decision taken, the Event
was organized in close association with The Panaji
University to carry the young generation along in
the efforts aimed at awareness-creation to nurture
and sustain Hindi. The component of a structured
colloquium was an integral part of the Function.
Cultural items in the local regional language
and Hindi, signifying linguistic and cultural
synthesis and fusion were also presented. |
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