INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vishwa Hindi Sammellan will be held at Mauritius' Port Louis
The dates of the conference are 18-20 August and will be held at Swami Vivekananda International Conference Center
The event, held once in three years, is dedicated to Hindi language
It sees participation from Hindi scholars, writers and laureates from different parts of the world who contribute to the language
The previous conference was held in Bhopal in 2015.Mauritius Education Minister Leela Devi Dookhun Luchoomun and External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday released the logo of 11th World Hindi Conference and the website of the event.The logo was described by Mauritius
Education Minister as the image of a ship struggling to keep sailing in the water is similar to what the difficulties Hindi is facing
today.Ms Swaraj said the conference is important to ensure that the language exists among the Indians living abroad."Language and culture go
If language is lost, culture is lost
The conference is thus being organised to ensure that the Indian staying abroad do not forget it," she said.Participant, including guests
and delegates, can be registered only through an online process here
The registration fee for general participant in Rs 5,000 and for students, it's Rs 1,000
The last day to register is July 15, 2018.The first World Hindi Conference was held in 1975 in Nagpur, India and was inaugurated by then
Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi
Since then, ten such conferences have been held in different parts of the world.A look at the places where 10 previous World Hindi
First World Hindi Conference - Nagpur, India - 10-12 January, 19752
Second World Hindi Conference - Port Louis, Mauritius - 28-30 August, 19763
Third World Hindi Conference - New Delhi, India - 28-30 October, 19834
Fourth World Hindi Conference - Port Louis, Mauritius - 02-04 December, 19935
Fifth World Hindi Conference- Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - 04-08 April, 19966
Sixth World Hindi Conference - London, U.K
Eighth World Hindi Conference - New York, America - 13-15 July, 20079
Ninth World Hindi Conference - Johannesburg, South Africa - 22-24 September, 201210
Tenth World Hindi Conference - Bhopal, India - 10-12 September, 2015(With Inputs From ANI)
