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  2. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature originated sometime around the 14th century in present-day North India among the sophisticated gentry of the courts. Amir Khusrau, who lived in the thirteenth century, wrote and gave shape to the Rekhta dialect (The Persianized combination of Hindavi), which was the early form of Modern Standard Urdu.

  3. Urdu poetry - Wikipedia

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    Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d.1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938) and ...

  4. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    History. Urdu, like Hindi, is a form of Hindustani language. ... the role of translation and transliteration of literature from and into Urdu; the ...

  5. Pakistani literature - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani literature ( Urdu: ادبیاتِ پاکستان) is a distinct literature that gradually came to be defined after Pakistan gained nationhood status in 1947, emerging out of literary traditions of the South Asia. [1] The shared tradition of Urdu literature and English literature of British India was inherited by the new state.

  6. List of Urdu poets - Wikipedia

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    The following is a List of Urdu-language poets This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  7. Rekhta (website) - Wikipedia

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    Rekhta is an Urdu literary web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]

  8. Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar) - Wikipedia

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    Associated Movements. v. t. e. Maulvi Abdul Haq ( Urdu: مولوی عبد الحق) (20 April 1870 – 16 August 1961) was a scholar and a linguist, who some call Baba-e-Urdu ( Urdu: بابا اردو) ( Father of Urdu ). Abdul Haq was a champion of the Urdu language and he demanded for it to be made the national language of Pakistan. [3] [1]

  9. S. M. Ikram - Wikipedia

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    Sheikh Muhammad Ikram ( Urdu: شیخ محمد اکرام‎; 10 September [a] 1908 – 17 January 1973) better known as S. M. Ikram, was a Pakistani historian, biographer, and littérateur. He was member of the Indian Civil Service (which he joined in 1931). In 1947, when Pakistan emerged from British India, Ikram opted for Pakistan and served ...

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