11th World Hindi Conference will begin in Mauritius on August 18. It is being organized from 18-20 August 2018 in Mauritius by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in association with the Government of Mauritius.
- The Prime Minister of Mauritius Praveen Kumar Jagannath will inaugurate the conference in Port Louis. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and other ministers are also reaching Port Louis to attend it.
- The venue of the Conference is “Swami Vivekanand International Convention Centre”, Pailles Mauritius.
- Theme: “Hindi World and Indian Culture” is the theme of conference.
- Ministry of External Affairs is the nodal Ministry for the 11th World Hindi Conference. For a smooth and orderly organisation of the conference, various committees have been constituted.
- First time a special flight was arranged for official delegates. This is also first time that representatives from all 29 states and Union Territories of Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry attending the conference.
- The delegates from India and various countries of the world will deliberate on eight sub topics on Hindi World and Indian Culture during three day conference.
- After the inauguration session a report will also be released on recommendation made during 10th conference held in Bhopal in 2015.
- World Hindi Conference was started in 1975 to make Hindi language a medium of service and knowledge and enable it to move forward with the time. Since then Hindi has made remarkable progress and it has become one of the prominent language of the world.
Details of the previous ten Conferences held so far are as follows:
| No. | Conference | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | First World Hindi Conference | Nagpur, India | 10-12 January, 1975 |
| 2. | Second World Hindi Conference | Port Louis, Mauritius | 28-30 August, 1976 |
| 3. | Third World Hindi Conference | New Delhi, India | 28-30 October, 1983 |
| 4. | Fourth World Hindi Conference | Port Louis, Mauritius | 02-04 December, 1993 |
| 5. | Fifth World Hindi Conference | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 04-08 April, 1996 |
| 6. | Sixth World Hindi Conference | London, U.K. | 14-18 September,1999 |
| 7. | Seventh World Hindi Conference | Paramaribo, Suriname | 06-09 June, 2003 |
| 8. | Eighth World Hindi Conference | New York, America | 13-15 July, 2007 |
| 9. | Ninth World Hindi Conference | Johannesburg, South Africa | 22-24 September, 2012 |
| 10. | Tenth World Hindi Conference | Bhopal, India | 10-12 September, 2015 |
