Meghalaya former Governor M M Jacob has said that national language Hindi should be propagated throughout the country for maintaining the unity of the country.
He was inaugurating the state-level Hindi Week celebrations organised by Kerala Hindi Prachar Sabha in association with various Central Government institutions and nationalised banks here the other day.
State Bank of Travancore general manager A N Krishnan presided over the function. Jacob felicitated prominent Hindi scholar K S Raghavan Pillai by draping a ponnada.
M S Radhakrishna Pillai and Raghavan Pillai elaborated on the functioning of the Prachar Sabha. Shivapuranam,a book translated from Hindi to Malayalam by N P Unni and Mavelikara Achuthan, was released by Jacob by handing over the first copy to BJP leader
O Rajagopal. The Hindi book ‘Aalochana Vivitha’ written by C J Prasanna Kumari was released by T K Narayana Pillai by handing over the first copy to K G Balakrishnan Pillai.
All India Radio Thiruvananthapuram station director K A Muraleedharam, Prachar Sabha chairman S Thankamani Amma and State Bank of Travancore language section manager Sunitha participated.