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WHEN HINDI WAS FIRST

HEARD IN THE UNITED NATIONS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The feeling of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,' which considers the entire world to be one family, is part of the
Hindi language's thinking. In keeping with this, on October 4, 1977, the eloquent former foreign minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee addressed the UN General Assembly for the first time in Hindi, the official language of India.
With this historic speech, he left a lasting impression. In his honour, representatives from all countries stood
up and applauded him. From 1977 to 2003, he addressed the United Nations General Assembly seven times
as Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. Following in the footsteps of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi only.

n Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Assembly approved the proposal to release all
Narendra Modi, a favourable environment has been business and important information in Hindi in
created for Hindi not only in the country but also in addition to the six official languages.
foreign countries. He also regularly communicates
with the NRI community in Hindi. n In many countries, Hindi is taught in about 175
universities. More than 80 crore people around the
n When Sushma Swaraj was the External Affairs world speak Hindi.
Minister, she started a Hindi news bulletin at the
United Nations. Played an important role in opening n It is not only the language of about 45% of the
a Hindi Twitter account. population of India but has also become a language
spoken all over the world.
n On June 10, 2022, the United Nations General

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