New York, Feb. 15 -- India's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York commemorated World Hindi Day in the Mission on February 13. The theme of the event was "Multilingualism and the promotion of Hindi abroad."

Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur was the Guest of Honour in the event. In her address, Thakur recalled the initiation of the World Hindi Day on January 10, 2006. She highlighted that India has a multilingual and multicultural social fabric, according to India's Permanent Mission to the UN in a New York press release.

Savitri Thakur noted that several initiatives are being taken to make Hindi a more popular language and recognition by the United Nations will make it a global language.

In his a...