President Droupadi Murmu today said that everybody should learn other languages, but should not forget their own mother tongue. One should always keep one’s own language at the forefront. President Murmu was speaking while addressing the 6th Convocation Ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Wardha, Maharashtra, today. 

 

Stressing the importance of Indian languages in nation-building, the President said that we must build a strong, self-reliant, and developed India, and this is possible only upon the bedrock of Indian languages. She said that, powered by numerous initiatives, including the ‘National Education Policy, ’ our country is advancing in the right direction. 

 

Highlighting the role of Mahatma Gandhi Hindi Anrashtriya Vishwavidyalaya in promoting the Hindi language, President Murmu said, this university should propagate Hindi language literature along with Indian language and international literature also. She urged the students to respect the Indian language and to restablish Indian knowledge system. She also informed that it was the same place Wardha, where Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti was established by Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Dand Kaka Kalelkar. Prior to the Convocation ceremony, the President visited Sevagram Ashram in Wardha this morning.