NEW DELHI, April 19 -- "A society must have one language for education. It should be Hindi. Hindi can bring millions of people together. Therefore, the longer it takes for Hindi to get its rightful place, the greater the harm to the country."

Is this statement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the new education policy? No, this statement was made by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 when he sent a circular to his millions of supporters. Not only this, but a few months later, in 1918, he held a conference in Madras (now Chennai) under the presidency of C.P. Ramaswami, which was inaugurated by Annie Besant, and a proposal to celebrate the 'Hindi Year' was passed.

To further promote this campaign, he sent his son Devdas Gandhi, and then ...