Department of Official Language
[3] Plans to make Hindi the sole official language of the Republic were met with resistance in many parts of the country.Unless Parliament decided otherwise, the use of English for official purposes was to cease 15 years after the constitution came into effect, i.e., on 26 January 1965.The prospect of the changeover, however, led to much alarm in the non-Hindi-speaking areas of India, especially Dravidian-speaking states whose languages were not related to Hindi at all.A Parliament Committee on Official Language constituted in 1976 periodically reviews the progress in the use of Hindi and submits a report to the President.Ministry of Home Affairs in its order dated 25 March 2015 has changed name of two awards given annually on Hindi Divas.