Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha
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Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is an organisation whose main goal is to improve Modern Standard Hindi literacy among the non-Hindi speaking people of South India. The headquarters are located at Thanikachalam Road, T. Nagar, Chennai.
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1918 |
Founders | Mahatma Gandhi, Annie Besant |
President | V. Muralidharan |
Location | |
Campus | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
Language | Hindi |
Website | dbhpscentral |
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The organisation was established by Mahatma Gandhi, who became the founder president of the Sabha, who held the post till his death. The sabha was inaugurated by Annie Besant on 17 June 1918. In 1964, the institution was recognised by the Indian Government as one of the Institutes of National Importance.[1]