13-Mar-2018: President of India inaugurates world Hindi secretariat in Mauritius

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat building in Mauritius. He also launched the World Hindi Secretariat’s logo, an Early Digital Learning Programme.

President said that Hindi has played an important role in society and culture in both India and Mauritius. It is a global language and the Indian community, spread across the world, has preserved its culture and traditions – and passed it to the next generation – through its linguistic traditions, including Hindi. Hindi is being taught in about 175 universities in various countries.

The 11th World Hindi Conference is going to be held in Mauritius in August 2018. Apart from India, Mauritius is the only country where this conference is being hosted for a third time. This is evidence of the affection of the people of Mauritius for Hindi.

President Ram Nath Kovind is the first Indian President to visit Madagascar.