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Usmania Colony or Osmania Colony (Urdu: عثمانیہ کالونی) is a neighbourhood of Liaquatabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [ 1 ] After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Usmanai Colony was established by those who migrated from Moradabad .
Naqsh-e-Hayat (Urdu: نقش حیات) is the autobiography of Hussain Ahmed Madani, originally published in two volumes between 1953 and 1954. [1] It provides a glimpse into his daily life, exposing the exploitative colonial practices that burdened Indians with economic hardship, eroded their cultural identity, and influenced their faith.
Hindustani (sometimes called Hindi–Urdu) is a colloquial language and lingua franca of Pakistan and the Hindi Belt of India. It forms a dialect continuum between its two formal registers: the highly Persianized Urdu, and the de-Persianized, Sanskritized Hindi. [2] Urdu uses a modification of the Persian alphabet, whereas Hindi uses Devanagari ...
Kemari was a low lying island located between Manora and the city of Karachi well into the colonial era. [3] During this time, Keamari was the landing point for all goods and people entering Karachi. Kemari's anchorage during the early colonial era was too shallow for large ships, and so those were instead forced to dock at Manora.
This language was also known as Hindustani, an umbrella term used for the vernacular terminology of Hindi as well as Urdu, both major languages in South Asia today derived primarily from Sanskrit grammatical structures and vocabulary. Muslim rule saw a greater urbanisation of India and the rise of many cities and their urban cultures.
Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...
In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...
Manzoor Colony (Urdu: منظور کالونی) is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town , [ 1 ] which was disbanded in 2011.