The organisation was established by Mahatma Gandhi, who became the founder president of the Sabha, who held the post till his death.

Gandhi saw the need to unite the northern and southern states of the country in the greatest interest of integration of the nation, as Hindi was spoken by the largest section of the people of India.

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, with an area of 650,000 square kilometers with a population of about 120 million.

By 1927, the Hindi Prachar Sabha emerged as an independent organization, and Mahatma Gandhi remained its president until his death in 1948.

[2] Gandhiji desired that the ‘Hindi Prachar‘ in the south should be carried on by involving the local people of the respective area.

Despite this, Hindustani Prachar Sabha is still operational to date, and was supported in initial decades by prominent leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Zakir Husain, etc.

A landmark in the recent history of the Sabha was the establishment of the National Hindi Research Library built at a cost of ₹ 8.5 million, with financial assistance from the Government of India.