President Pranab Mukherjee has urged the countrymen to come together to propagate the use of Hindi. <br/><br/>Addressing the Hindi Divas function at Rashtrapati Bhavan today, Mr Mukherjee said, Hindi is the symbol of unity in diversity and the language has contributed to the Indian freedom struggle. He said, Hindi is the soul of Indianess and plays an important role as a link language. <br/><br/>Mr Mukherjee said, there is a need to encourage translations of Hindi literature into other Indian regional languages as it will deepen relations between Hindi and regional languages. He said, when people of India will come to understand that the past and present is one, the literature and culture is one, the national unity will be strengthened. The President stressed on the need for more efforts to increase the use of Hindi in Science and Technology, and in social media.<br/><br/>Mr Mukherjee expressed happiness that the use of Hindi in IT is increasing. He said, programmes like World Hindi Conference, Prabasi Bhartiya Divas has increased the use of Hindi all over the globe.<br/>Addressing the function, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, some vested interests were trying to create a rift in the country in the name of language. He said, it was non-Hindi speaking leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangdhar Tilak, G S Iyengar and Shyama Prasad Mookerjee who wanted Hindi to be declared as a national language. The Home Minister said Tamil is considered to be the oldest language in India after Sanskrit and it is Hindi which is spoken by the largest number of people in the country. He also said Hindi is one of the five top most spoken languages of the world.

President Pranab Mukherjee has urged the countrymen to come together to propagate the use of Hindi. <br/><br/>Addressing the Hindi Divas function at Rashtrapati Bhavan today, Mr Mukherjee said, Hindi is the symbol of unity in diversity and the language has contributed to the Indian freedom struggle. <br/><br/>The President stressed on the need for more efforts to increase the use of Hindi in Science and Technology, and in social media.<br/><br/>Mr Mukherjee expressed happiness that the use of Hindi in IT is increasing. He said, programmes like World Hindi Conference, Prabasi Bhartiya Divas has increased the use of Hindi all over the globe.On the occasion, Mr Mukherjee also presented the Rajbhasha awards.