Abdul Haq was the secretary of the Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu from 1912 to
1961. He was also a founder of Osmania University, one of the first universities
in India to provide instruction in an Indian vernacular. He had a lifelong devotion
towards improving the status of Urdu and of the Indian Muslim community at
large. He was the figure most involved with the standardization of Urdu and
establishment of this language as a symbol of Muslim identity. Through an
analysis of Abdul Haq’s involvement in language reform movements and the
politics of the early 20th century, especially considering the fallout after the 1936
meeting of the Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad, I seek to show the nature of language
as a nationalist tool. I argue that language is not inherently associated with the
nation-building process, but that it must first be standardized into a form which
can be used as a political tool and a point of identification for the community
rallied behind it. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1207 |
| Date | 27 October 2010 |
| Creators | Bowers, Elizabeth Anne |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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