Hon'able Prime Minister, Hon'able Minister of Home Affairs, Hindi Scholars, ladies and gentlemen, I feel greatly honoured to associate myself with this observation of the Golden Jubilee of Hindi as our Official Language. On this occasion I extend my heartiest greetings and good wishes to all scholars and lovers of Hindi.
Hindi language is spoke and understood by a vast majority in India.
Hindi, is besides, an international language to-day. Large number of Indians who have migrated and settled in different countries of the world speak and propagate Hindi abroad. Language has ben the principal means of human development. During the period of our national struggle Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other leaders believed that India's genius could blossom out only through our own language. A programme for the spread of Hindi in the South was taken under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi.