Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu
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Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu (Urdu: انجُمن ترقی اردو; Organisation for the Progress of Urdu) was an organisation working for the promotion and dissemination of Urdu language, literature and culture in British India.
Quick Facts Founded, Founded at ...
Founded | 1886 (renamed in 1903)[1] |
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Founded at | Aligarh, British India |
Type | Literary organisation |
Legal status | Non-government organization |
Purpose | To promote the Urdu language |
Headquarters | New Delhi Karachi |
Location |
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Key people | Syed Ahmad Khan[2] Abdul Haq |
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Quick Facts Urdu literature ادبیاتِ اُردُو, Urdu literature ...
Urdu literature ادبیاتِ اُردُو | |
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Urdu literature | |
By category Urdu language | |
Major figures | |
Amir Khusrau (father of Urdu literature) - Wali Dakhani (father of Urdu poetry) - Mir Taqi Mir - Ghalib - Abdul Haq (Baba-e-Urdu) | |
Urdu writers | |
Writers – Novelists – Poets | |
Forms | |
Ghazal – Fiction | |
Institutions | |
Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu Urdu movement Literary Prizes | |
Related Portals Literature Portal Pakistan Portal | |
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After the partition of India, the separated organisations, Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Hind in the Republic of India and Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu Pakistan continue its works. These serve as the largest Urdu scholarly promotional associations in the subcontinent.[2]