The announcement was made at a session "Oxford Dictionaries' Hindi Word of the Year" during the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival on January 27.
It was indeed a tough journey
Well, Aadhaar's journey of reaching Oxford dictionary was never a cake walk, it faced strong challenges from rival words like 'Mitron', 'Notebandi', 'Gau-Rakshak' and 'Bahubali' which created a buzz almost entire year.
While Indians are still busy in connecting everything they have with Aadhaar cards, they managed to take out their time to burst laughter on the social media with a plethora of funny reactions.
Some are taking a jibe at the biometric authentication system by saying that Aadhaar has been successfully linked to Oxford while others are simply cheering the move with some really satirical tweets. Check it out