enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Politics of India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_India

    Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary secular democratic republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. It is based on the federal structure of government, although the word is not ...

  3. Urdu movement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_movement

    The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdū Lashkari Zaban ("Battalionese language") title in Nastaliq script.. The Urdu movement was a socio-political movement aimed at making Urdu (the standardized register of the Hindustani language), as the universal lingua-franca and symbol of the cultural and political identity of the Muslim communities of the Indian subcontinent during the British ...

  4. Politics in South India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_in_South_India

    Andhra Pradesh Secretariat at Amaravati, India. After the formation of Andhra Pradesh in 1953, the Indian National Congress ruled the state for 30 years, winning all elections in the period. This changed in the 1980s due to the establishment of a regional party named Telugu Desam Party (TDP) by Telugu film superstar Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao ...

  5. Save Urdu Movement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Urdu_Movement

    Save Urdu Movement (Urdu: اردو بچاؤ تحریک) is a movement found in both India and Pakistan. In India, it is represented by the statewide units in different states of that country. In Pakistan, the movement is dedicated to ensure that Urdu is protected in Pakistan as its national language. It has especially argued for safeguarding ...

  6. Hindi–Urdu controversy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi–Urdu_controversy

    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 ...

  7. Sultanate of Golconda - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Golconda

    The Sultanate of Golconda (Persian: سلطنت گلکنده; Urdu: سلطنت گولکنڈه) was an early modern kingdom in southern India, ruled by the Persianate, [6] Shia Islamic Qutb Shahi dynasty [a] of Turkoman origin.

  8. Politics of Maharashtra - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Maharashtra

    General election was held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha including 48 in Maharashtra.The votes were counted and the results were declared on 4 June 2024.Unlike the 2019 general elections, this election was a contest between the NDA, and the newly formed INDIA grouping.

  9. Nizam of Hyderabad - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad

    The Indian Army invaded Hyderabad on 13 September 1948 and defeated his untrained forces. The Nizam capitulated on 17 September 1948; that same afternoon he broadcast the news over the State radio network. The Nizam was forced to accept accession to the new Union of India. His abdication on 17 September 1948 ended the dynasty's ambitions.