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Presidential speech of Shri I.K.Gujaral, Union Minister of State for Works and Housing and Chai- rman of the Committee for Promotion of Urdu at its XXVI. meeting at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on May 22, 1972 at 4. 00 P.M. 247 inaugural List of witnesses who appeared before the Sub- Committee 248 XXVII. List of witnesses examined by the Committee for Promotion of Urdu 250 XXVIII. List of memoranda received from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, J&K, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal 258 XXIX. List of suggestions received 262 XXX. List of staff employed on the work of the Committee for Promotion of Urdu 268 XXXI. Extracts from the report of the Ad-hoc Urdu Committee, appointed by Delhi Municipal Corporation under the Chairmanship of Shri Ram Charan XXXII. 1961 (translated from Urdu) 269 Agarwal, INTRODUCTORY INTRODUCTORY Language in India www.languageinindia.com 9 : 1 January 2009 The Gujral Committee Report on Urdu 423
The Committee for Promotion of Urdu was appointed by the Government of India Resolution No. F. 15-25/72-L. 1 dated May 5, 1972, notified in Part I, Section I of the Gazette of India dated May 20, 1972. The text of the Resolution is reproduced below 1.1 Government Resolution of 18th January, 1968, on the Languages Policy as adopted by both the Houses of Parliament emphasised that in the interest of the educational and cultural advancement of the country, it was necessary to take "The measures for the full development of the 14 major languages of India besides concerted The Resolution further enjoined upon the Government to prepare and implement a programme, in collaboration with the State Governments, for the coordinated development of all these languages so that they grow rapidly in richness and become Hindi. means of communicating modern knowledge. With assistance from Central Government, the various State Governments have taken up programmes for the development of the regional languages. Urdu, however, is not the concern of any one effective Government or of any community. The responsibility for its development has also State be shared by the Central Government. "It is, therefore, necessary that in addition to the steps already taken, further steps are taken urgently_ for the promotion and development of Urdu. to of India have accordingly decided to set up a Committee for Promotion of Urdu with the following terms of reference : "To advise the Government on the measures to be adopted for the promotion of Urdu "Government and the steps required to be taken to provide adequate facilities for Urdu- languages people in educational, cultural and administrative matters. " The following are appointed to the Committee 1. Shri I. K. Gujaral, Minister of State, Ministry of Works & Housing, New Delhi speaking Language in India www.languageinindia.com 9 : 1 January 2009 The Gujral Committee Report on Chairman 2. Begum Hamida Habibullah, Minister of State, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow-Vice-Chairman 3. Shri Mishri Sada, Minister of State for Education, Government of Bihar, Patna Member Urdu 424
Page 1 and 2: Language in India Strength for Toda
Page 3 and 4: CHAIRMAN'S CHAIRMAN'S LETTER LETTER
Page 5 and 6: of Rationalism 14 Progressive Writi
Page 7 and 8: (iv) (iii) 41 Orissa 41 Maharashtra
Page 9 and 10: 54 Haryana 54 Delhi Pradesh 55 Karn
Page 11 and 12: and Kashmir 65 Karnataka 65 Jammu P
Page 13 and 14: of Safeguards 78 The Memorandum 78
Page 15 and 16: 101 The Great Rebellion 102 Backgro
Page 17 and 18: (Vii) Interest 125 Fort William Col
Page 19 and 20: Bibliography 136 Grants for Librari
Page 21: of Urdu at the various levels and a
Page 25 and 26: Prior to its issue, the Resolution
Page 27 and 28: which official and non-official eff
Page 29 and 30: Prof. M. Mujeeb 3. Prof. Abdul Alee
Page 31 and 32: New Delhi August 7, 8 and 9, 1973 1
Page 33 and 34: and Public Instruction; Directors o
Page 35 and 36: The collection and collation of fac
Page 37 and 38: HISTORICAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND BA
Page 39 and 40: Early Early History History them al
Page 41 and 42: Braj Bhasha was the leading languag
Page 43 and 44: In Namdeva's creations,one can spot
Page 45 and 46: the Ate and the common man, its fou
Page 47 and 48: Urdu held sway even after the break
Page 49 and 50: Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, Surdas,
Page 51 and 52: of marsia (elegy) writing was also
Page 53 and 54: a. literary elegance, while his gha
Page 55 and 56: fondly embraced. "Ama- nat's" opera
Page 57 and 58: like Bagh-o-Bahar, Hatim-Tai, Singh
Page 59 and 60: Contacts Contacts with with West We
Page 61 and 62: Age Age of of Rationalism Rationali
Page 63 and 64: Not all the poets or writers belong
Page 65 and 66: Sikhism have been published in Urdu
Page 67 and 68: A very significant event of the twe
Page 69 and 70: New New Writing Writing Gopi Chand
Page 71 and 72: The modern period is also remarkabl
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Total number of speakers Kannada 21
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It will be noticed that while the n
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Karnataka 6,51,696 20,34,482 26,36,
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21 V Name of State/ Urdu spoken as
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Urban Urban and and RRural R Rural
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Concentrations Concentrations Conce
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Darbhanga 11.61 3 Purnea 31.29 2 An
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The language problem had been exerc
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"No citizen shall, on grounds only
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Language Language and and Constitut
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Hindustani Hindustani The reference
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This aspecl of the, problem has not
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This was a modification of the reco
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and the decisions of the Zonal Coun
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The status of Urdu, as can be seen,
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a Directive under Article 347, he t
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The State Government of Aadhra Prad
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EDUCATION. EDUCATION. Background Ba
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The Delhi College, founded in 1825,
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Tile Education Despatch of 1854, is
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The cumulative effect of all these
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The University of Calcutta also all
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was published in 1944. Sargent exam
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The Provincial Education Ministers'
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with particular reference to pupils
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The 10 : 40 formula evolved by the
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many hurdles and delays. As the dev
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Minister of Andhra Pradesh indicate
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In the course of our discussions wi
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It was suggested to us that Urdu sc
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Himachal Pradesh : Hindi is the med
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Madhya Pradesh There is a sizable n
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The witnesses expressed general sat
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schools had been terminated. In 196
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Urdu speakers constituted 10.5 per
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of Bara Banki. It was, therefore, a
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case may be. Here again, many schoo
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exists in its original form. It had
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provision to cover the right of ins
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accordingly, took up the question o
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The 15 : 60 formula for the seconda
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The Three Language Formula. was re-
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was : middle 903, secondary 173, an
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special notice as it has been an ac
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of Urdu speakers about continued ne
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schools and arrangements for teachi
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Some witness suggested the formatio
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did not work. We have dealt with it
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States like Karnataka, Maharashtra,
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the right given in the matter of th
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to linguistic minorities, but -not
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Maharashtra : The Commissioner for
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other than Sanskrit, the case may b
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English or any other modern Europea
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linguistic minorities by substituti
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asic principles for training were t
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institutions. The Director of Educa
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Urdu and Telugu decreased gradually
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training were required to teach thr
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and this can be done in the case of
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slightly compared to 1963, there ha
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in Himachal Pradesh from the academ
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languages. It has developed criteri
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Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and West
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translations of textbooks in social
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If the State finds it difficult to
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languages would be published by the
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The distribution machinery for Urdu
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knowing Inspectors. Under the circu
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y the libraries and pleaded for spe
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secondary colleges in an area. Notw
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mentioned for the opening of M. A.
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institute in the South should be lo
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of the view that owing to various f
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ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION Vide
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The fortunes of Sanskrit may have d
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usiness In the administrative dep
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different provinces of India. In th
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any such court and in what characte
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There was yet another disquieting f
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composition of population in most S
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groups to secure their support for
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Commissioner Commissioner for for f
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The Ministerial Committee of the So
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We are gratified that the Union Gov
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to the Commissioner for Linguistic
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The State Government should make ad
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was not equipped to undertake trans
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Jammu and Kashmir : Representations
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not be difficult for the State Gove
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A well accepted concept of administ
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elief by giving recognition to mino
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A number of witnesses also demanded
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30 marks out of a hundred. The mark
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In the State services, the medium o
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the examination papers for the Stat
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the Administration to hold a profic
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according to the report of Linguist
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and bye-laws issued under the Const
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to the official languages. The poli
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Electoral Electoral Rolls Rolls Thi
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and implementing authorities are eq
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the translation for notices, etc.,
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Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Biha
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It was generally conceded by the wi
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Leh broadcasts Urdu programmes for
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western and central Urrar Pradesh,
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news bulletins were often translate
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farmer entrepreneur small-sclae ind
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Maharashtra, Punjab and Uttar Prade
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"a further review at the all-India
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JOURNALISM 101 JOURNALISM Backgroun
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included two magazines. The aggrega
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The The Great Great Rebellion Rebel
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the Punjab Akhbar, Lahore; the Sham
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The Urdu newspapers and periodicals
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the concern at the growing unemploy
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fast, they felt that their leadersh
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Urdu Urdu Press Press Over Overseas
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in the thirties wag the weekly Azad
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of a democratic system are reflecte
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73 7 80 308 320 708 12.40 1966 83**
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Most of the drawbacks from which Ur
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carried out." Government of India i
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110 of Paper 1966 1967 1968 1969 19
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The circulation increase in the cas
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Most of the difficulties of the Urd
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lakh for receiving machinery on hir
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Newsprint Newsprint Industries Orga
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of newsprint, namely, 77,192.01 met
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A demand has also been voiced that
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important because to be on the Gove
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small, functions as opinion maker a
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The same applies to sales promotion
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and Visual Publicity or the corresp
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the percentage has been fluctuating
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section or region remains uncovered
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submit the proposal to D.A.V.P. for
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and regularity of publication,prefe
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of Urdu newspapers still leaves muc
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and money, not to mention the avoid
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Kitabat Kitabat and and Composition
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A number of witnesses and later som
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The basic problem that Urdu faces t
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cottage industry workers dwell. Thi
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at Ghazipur. On his suggestion, the
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of presses rose to 23, which publis
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there. Financed by donations and su
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Anthologies of Urdu 6 Literature 5
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experiment was made by a few journa
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and Pakistan. The facilities of typ
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that Hindi could take the initiativ
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give liberal subsidies to writers/p
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Adopt Hindi technical terms in olde
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languages. It will make for conveni
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notes about such Urdu writers as ha
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quality. At least the Sahitya Akade
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Publisher's Publisher's Problems Pr
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to sell, even after making allowanc
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Calligraphers' Ink : The calligraph
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e given to literary bodies, Urdu ac
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These workshops could also conduct
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libraries maintained by the Governm
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languages with which it came into c
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(1887); and the Hurriyat, Tashkent
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therefore, Urdu has to depend heavi
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climate of goodwill towards the lan
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form the pattern with such amplific
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Given a fair trial, these recommend
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Delhi : It was stated that the Delh
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and Urdu knowing teachers appointed
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the above formula., may not be appl
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The Committee noticed that the Nati
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There may not he a case for opening
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Inspecting Inspecting Staff Staff W
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Urdu Urdu Research Research Institu
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Translation Translation of of Laws
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in Urdu should not be restricted in
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gap has developed. The gap should b
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whole position in consultation with
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translated laws will be available t
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Posts Posts and and Telegraphs Tele
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Sign Sign Sign Boards Boards Boards
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giving sufficient attention to Musl
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It would be worthwhile trying to pu
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with a sizable population of Urdu s
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Similar arrangements should exist i
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Advertisements to delivery of the n
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The disproportionate rise in postal
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Urdu Urdu Academies Academies The C
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The composition of the Committee ap
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Scholars Scholars Empritus Empritus
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ooks in Devnagri script, in additio
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Calligraphy Calligraphy There is ob
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wherever demand for Urdu books exis
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Sales Sales Organisation Organisati
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I. I. RESOLUTION RESOLUTION OF OF T
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whether the finances of the provinc
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14-The State shall not deny to any
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Notwithstanding anything in clause
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that if two or more States agree th
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351.-It shall be the duty of the Un
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which are proposed to be taught at
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The Commission has further suggeste
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y the Pre- sident, has not been wel
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languages, and the various provisio
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egret that the question of language
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scale is made, the State Government
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(iii) action by Government to see t
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linguistic majority group in each S
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Facilities for registration of docu
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Definition of persons eligible for
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the second class language test in T
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according to the States Reorganisat
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and should any problem arise, it wo
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