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The Hindi–Urdu controversy arose in 19th-century colonial India out of the debate over whether Modern Standard Hindi or Standard Urdu should be chosen as a national language. Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible as spoken languages, to the extent that they are sometimes considered to be dialects or registers of a single spoken language ...
This slogan was coined by the Islamic scholar, Urdu poet, Indian freedom fighter, prominent leader of Indian National Congress and one of the founders of communist party of India, Maulana Hasrat Mohani in 1921. [9] [10] [11] It was popularized by Bhagat Singh (1907–1931) during the late 1920s through his speeches and writings. [12]
Zaki Muradabadi (Urdu: ذکی مرادآبادی, Hindi: ज़की मुरादाबादी) also known as Zaki Muradabadi Dehlvi, was an Indian Urdu poet, writer, and critic from India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Muhammad Iqbal, then president of the Muslim League in 1930 and address deliverer "Sare Jahan se Accha" (Urdu: سارے جہاں سے اچھا; Sāre Jahāṉ se Acchā), formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi" (Urdu: ترانۂ ہندی, "Anthem of the People of Hindustan"), is an Urdu language patriotic song for children written by poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry.
Hindi–Urdu (Devanagari: हिन्दी-उर्दू, Nastaliq: ہندی-اردو) (also known as Hindustani) [1] [2] is the lingua franca of modern-day Northern India and Pakistan (together classically known as Hindustan). [3]
However, the division over the use of Hindi or Urdu further provoked communal conflict between Muslims and Hindus in India. [7] Syed Ahmed Khan and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk's patronage of Urdu led to its widespread use amongst elite Indian Muslim communities and following the Partition of India its adoption as the national language of Pakistan. [7] [9]
Long live Hindustan) is a Hindi phrase and battle cry most commonly used in the Republic of India in speeches and communications pertaining to or referring to patriotism towards India, and has been used since the British Raj in the colonial India. [1] It translates to "Long Live India". [2]
Shama was a monthly Indian Urdu-language film and literary magazine published from 1939 to 1999. [1] Considered the world's biggest chain of Urdu-language magazines at the time, [2] the Shama group published several other famous magazines and digests including Sushama (Hindi), Khilauna, Dost aur Dosti, Bano, Sushmita, Mujrim, Doshi, A'inah, Shabistan and Rasia Kashidakari. [1]