Department of Official Language has achieved several significant milestones

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah today addressed Hindi Diwas 2026 and the 6th All India Official Language Conference in Mumbai as the Chief Guest. On the occasion, Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Smt. Sunetra Pawar, Union Ministers of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai and Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Secretary, Department of Official Language, Smt. Anshuli Arya among several other dignitaries were present.

Extending greetings on Hindi Diwas and Ganesh Chaturthi, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah said that it is a “Manikanchan Yog” a rare and auspicious coincidence, that Hindi Diwas and Ganesh Chaturthi are being celebrated on the same day.

He said that Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles would pave the way for the development of Indian languages and remove the obstacles along that path.

Recalling Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on the occasion, Shri Shah said that the public celebration of Ganesh Utsav in Maharashtra was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Maharaj in 1893. He said that Tilak Maharaj had correctly understood the pulse of the country. He deeply understood that awareness and cultural nationalism in India could be generated only through its culture and history. (UPDATED ON 14TH SEPT 2026