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The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education, Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Government of India. Set up to promote, develop and propagate Urdu language, Council started its operation in Delhi on April 1, 1996.
The National Language Promotion Department (Urdu: اِدارۀ فروغِ قومی زُبان Idāra-ē Farōġ-ē Qaumī Zabān [ɪ.ˈd̪aː.rə.eː fə.ˈroːɣ.eː ˈqɔː.mi zə.ˈbaːn]), formerly known as the National Language Authority (or Urdu Language Authority), [1] is an autonomous regulatory institution established in 1979 to support the advancement and promotion of Urdu, which is ...
Most of these academies were constituted in 1970s, later in 1996 National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language was constituted as national level nodal agency for these agencies. Following is the list of Urdu academies and organizations working for the promotion of the Urdu language and literature in India, [1] [2]
He joined National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, an autonomous body under the HRD ministry in 1998 as literary advisor and edited research journal quarterly "Fikr o Tahqeeq". He was also honorary editor of NCPUL's news and views magazine monthly Urdu Duniya. He died in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 2 March 2010 and was buried in Tonk. [2]
While Urdu and Islam together played important roles in developing the national identity of Pakistan, disputes in the 1950s (particularly those in East Pakistan, where Bengali was the dominant language), challenged the idea of Urdu as a national symbol and its practicality as the lingua franca.
The Jamia also serves as a center for National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language [9] and National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology. [10] There are 15 Qur'anic centres under the supervision of Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom -il-Islamia and 25 branches of the Jamia spread over the state of Bihar. [11]
Since Azad died, no Urdu writer of note has produced so many and such varied travelogues. However, the Indian National Council for Promotion of Urdu recognises the importance of such publications (safarnama) and now supports research in this field, to encourage writers aspiring to follow in the footsteps of Azad. [13]
He was a member of the executive council of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language from 1998 to 2003. [4] He served as the head professor of the AMU's Urdu department from 16 June 1996 to 15 June 1999. [5] He also served as the dean of the AMU's Faculty of Arts. [6]