Origin of modern Hindi
Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the Indian subcontinent. So it is understandable that many people wrongly assume it to be the national language. In fact Hindi is just one of the many official languages recognised by the Republic and there is no "national language" as per the Indian constitution. Yet there are concerted efforts to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speakers by the Hindi belt speakers. But do these Hindi proponents know the real origins of modern Hindi? The birthplace of modern Hindi - one of the youngest Indian languages - is in