Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha
President V. Muralidharan | | |
Location | ||
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Campus | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu | |
Language | Hindi | |
Website | dbhpscentral |
Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is an organisation whose main goal is to improve
The organisation was established by
History
Hindi movement
The Hindi movement in South India was started in the year 1918 by Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi saw the need to unite the northern and southern states of the country in the greatest interest of integration of the nation, as Hindi was spoken by the largest section of the people of India. Therefore, he founded the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha at Madras to propagate the study of Hindi in the then
The movement was inaugurated by the Annie Besant under the presidency at Gokhale Hall in Madras. The first Hindi class was taken by Gandhi's son Devdas Gandhi. Hindi training schools were started in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The number of students increased from 80 in 1919 to hundreds of thousands in subsequent years. Today the movement can claim more than 7000 workers working in 6000 centres, covering the entire area of the five states, viz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, with an area of 650,000 square kilometers with a population of about 120 million.
By 1927, the Hindi Prachar Sabha emerged as an independent organization, and Mahatma Gandhi remained its president until his death in 1948. During the silver jubilee celebrations of the Sabha, Gandhi stayed for nearly 10 days on the Sabha's premises.[2]
Gandhiji desired that the ‘Hindi Prachar‘ in the south should be carried on by involving the local people of the respective area. Until 1920, this Sabha had its office at
Hindustani Prachar Sabha
Post-independence
A landmark in the recent history of the Sabha was the establishment of the National Hindi Research Library built at a cost of ₹ 8.5 million, with financial assistance from the Government of India. Another important landmark is the building of ‘Mahatma Gandhi Convocation Hall’ (Mahatma Gandhi Padavidan Mantap) exclusively for the use of holding the annual convocation and other functions of the Sabha.[1]
Examinations
The examinations conducted are:[5]
- Prathamic
- Madhyama
- Rashtrabasha
- Praveshika
- Visharadh Poorvardh
- Visharadh Uttarardh
- Praveen Poorvardh
- Praveen Uttarardh
It also conducts examinations in typewriting and shorthand in Hindi.[5]
Organisation
The Sabha is divided into four divisions, one each for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The organisation headquarters is at T. Nagar, Chennai. The four regional headquarters are at:
- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – Hyderabad
- Karnataka – Dharwad
- Kerala – Ernakulam
- Tamil Nadu – Tiruchirappalli
See also
- Hindi–Urdu controversy
- Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu
- Anti-Hindi agitation of 1937–40
- Anti-Hindi agitations of Karnataka
External links
References
- ^ a b "Welcome to Dakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha | Introduction". www.dbhpscentral.org. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is 100 years old". The Hindu. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Sreekumar, G. (16 April 2022). "The Official Language: Lessons from Europe". A Central Banker's Miscellany.
- ^ "इतिहास | हिन्दुस्तानी प्रचार सभा - Hindustani Prachar Sabha". hindustanipracharsabha.org.
- ^ a b "Welcome to Dakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha | Examination". dbhpscentral.org. Retrieved 28 October 2020.