In India, Urdu remains an official language in several states and continues to thrive in cultural,...
Read More The Supreme Court has recently stated that Urdu is “the finest specimen of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb" or the “Hindustani tehezeeb" upholding the use of Urdu on a signboard of a municipal council building in Akola district in Maharashtra. The top court dismissed a petition challenging the Bombay High Court’s judgment which allowed the use of Urdu on the signboard of the new building of the municipal council. The Supreme Court further said Urdu and Marathi have the same status under the Constitution and rejected the claims that only Marathi should be used.
“Our misconceptions, perhaps even our prejudices against a language, have to be courageously and truthfully tested against the reality, which is this great diversity of our nation: our strength can never be our weakness. Let us make friends with Urdu and every language," the Supreme Court said. Let us understand how Urdu originated and proliferated in the Indian sub-continent.
How Urdu Was Born The origin of Urdu language in the Indian subcontinent as a result of centuries of cultural fusion, dates back to the medieval period. It is deeply tied to the historical mingling of different linguistic communities, especially in northern India. Time-frame : Around the 12th century CE Place : The Delhi region and surrounding areas in North India Context : The language began to form during the Delhi Sultanate and later flo.
