Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, declared by Parliament as an institution of national importance in 1964, was established in 1918 by Mahatma Gandhi with the aim of propagating Hindi in southern states and the first Pracharak was his son Devadoss Gandhi.

According to the DBHPS website, Gandhiji desired that the 'Hindi Prachar' in the south should be carried on by involving the local people of the respective area.

Till 1920, the sabha had its office at George Town in the then Madras and after some years it was shifted to Mylapore and from there to Triplicane where it functioned till 1936.

Now, the DBHPS functions from downtown T Nagar in Chennai.

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