President Pranab Mukherjee today described Hindi as a link between the country's ancient civilization and modern progress. Addressing a function organised on the occasion of Hindi Divas, the President expressed hope that it will soon get recognition as the official language of the United Nations.<br/><br/>Mr Mukherjee said, Hindi has achieved a number of milestones since Independence and it is credited to be the vehicle of Indian thought and culture. Mr Mukherjee said Hindi has its own imprint on the fast changing global economic scenario as millions of Indian diaspora around the world are using Hindi as a link language and this has given a new identification to Hindi at the international level.<br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion, Home Minister Rajnath Singh expressed concern over Hindi not getting prominence in various spheres of life the way it should have got. Mr Singh said, Hindi is the only language which connect every part of the country.<br/><br/>The Home Minister said big technology companies have been giving stress to promotion of Hindi in a big way and as per a survey, among all languages, the maximum 94 per cent content is generated in Hindi while just 19 per cent content is generated in English.<br/><br/>The President also conferred awards to individuals and government organisations for taking special efforts for promotion of Hindi.