Why in news?
- Uttar Pradesh government will establish the country's first Hindi literature museum in Kashi (Varanasi).
- This museum will be the country's first museum dedicated to a language.
- Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 25 crore for this.
- All the old manuscripts and books of eminent Hindi scholars will be present in this museum.
- Along with the works of Hindi litterateurs, their photographs and important documents and literature related to them will also be available in it.
- Statues of Hindi scholars will also be installed in it.
Hindi:
- The name Hindi means land of the Indus River.
- In the early 11th century, Persian-speaking people gave the name 'Hindi' to the language spoken along the Indus River.
- Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India.
- About 70% of the country's population can understand Hindi.
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