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Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency, New Delhi: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah attended 5th Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, on the occasion of Hindi Diwas 2025 as the Chief Guest. On this occasion, Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar and several other dignitaries were also present. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation also released several publications.
While addressing the conference, the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that Hindi is the companion of Indian languages and that there is no conflict between Hindi and other Indian languages. Shri Shah said that the biggest example of this is Gujarat. In Gujarat, scholars like Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and K.M. Munshi accepted Hindi and also promoted it. He said that the coexistence of Gujarati and Hindi made Gujarat an excellent example of the development of both languages. Shri Shah said that Hindi is a part of education system of Gujarat, and because of this, the reach of Gujarat’s children has expanded greatly across the country. He added that many visionary leaders taught Indian languages to communicate with each other and urged the promotion of Hindi in every state, as a result of which a person from Gujarat can go anywhere in the country and easily conduct business as well as gain acceptance.
Shri Amit Shah said that for the last five years, the Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan has been held outside Delhi in different parts of the country, which has provided a very good opportunity to strengthen dialogue between Hindi and other Indian languages. He said that the experience of the past four conferences has been that such conferences provide new perspectives, energy, and inspiration. Shri Shah added that Hindi should not remain just a language of conversation and administration, but should also become the language of science, technology, justice, and policing. He added that when all work is done in Indian languages, the bonding with the people automatically deepens.
Union Home Minister said that the Sarathi translation system facilitates easy translation from Hindi to all recognized Indian languages. Shri Shah urged all state Chief Ministers to send him letters in their respective languages, assuring that responses would be sent in the same language. He emphasized that the Sarathi system is equipped to translate in any language and also translate responses from Hindi into the recipient's language. He added that, in the coming days, communication through Sarathi will be in one's native language.
Shri Amit Shah said that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj emphasized three key principles in the fight for Swaraj: Swaraj, Swadharma amd Swabhasha, all of which are interconnected with national pride. He said that a country where the spoken language is not its own cannot truly experience freedom or pride. To foster pride in our languages, the Shabd Sindhu dictionary was created, starting with 51,000 words and now exceeding 7 lakh words. Shri Shah expressed confidence that by 2029, it will become the largest dictionary in all languages of the world. He highlighted that this dictionary is making Hindi more flexible, which is essential to become a widely used spoken language. The use of Shabd Sindhu will make Hindi versatile, adaptable, and widely accepted.