The Central Hindi Directorate ( hi, केन्द्रीय हिन्दी निदेशालय),
New Delhi
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is the directorate, under the
Ministry of Education (India)
The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further d ...
, responsible for promotion of
Standard Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
. It also regulates the use of
Devanagari
Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...
script and Hindi spelling in
India
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.
In keeping with the instructions of
Article 351 of the Constitution of India, the Central Hindi Directorate of 1 March 1960 was established. There are four regional offices situated at
Chennai
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,
Hyderabad
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,
Guwahati
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and
Kolkata
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.
See also
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Grammar of Modern Standard Hindi
Hindustani, the lingua franca of Northern India and Pakistan, has two standardised registers: Hindi and Urdu. Grammatical differences between the two standards are minor but each uses its own script: Hindi uses Devanagari while Urdu uses an ...
*
Vemuri Anjaneya Sarma
Vemuri Anjaneya Sarma (24 October 1917 – 6 May 2003) was an Indian writer in the Telugu and Hindi languages. He was active in literary and cultural fields in the Indian independence movement. Literary contributions
Books written on Litera ...
References
External links
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1955 establishments in India
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
Hindi
Ministry of Education (India)
Organisations based in Delhi
Language advocacy organizations
Government agencies established in 1955
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