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#HindiDiwas is celebrated on September 14 to commemorate the adoption of #हिंदी in Devanagari script as one of the official languages of India.

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Often mistaken to be the 'national language' of India, #हिंदी was initially the official language of only nine states and five union territories including Delhi.

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In the year 1881, Bihar was the first state of British India to have adopted #हिंदी as its sole official language.

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#FunFact | #हिंदी is also spoken in a few foreign countries
such as UAE, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa, Mauritius, Surinam, Fiji, and Trinidad & Tobago.

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The Oxford Dictionary has included #हिंदी words such as - ‘Swadeshi’, ‘Aadhar’, ‘Dabba’, ‘Hartal’, ‘Shaadi’ etc. among the 26 new Indian English words.

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English has also borrowed a good amount of words from #हिंदी. Avatar, Bandanna, Bungalow, Guru, Jungle, Khaki, Loot, Mantra, Nirvana, Pyjamas, Sorbet, Shampoo, Thug, Typhoon, Yoga etc. are some of these words.

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#Trivia | The 10th edition of the Oxford dictionary, which was launched in January, has 384 Indian English words.

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