A GROUP IN LAHORE TO PROPAGATE URDU LANGUAGE – NIAZMANDAN LAHORE AND ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI

A GROUP IN LAHORE TO PROPAGATE URDU LANGUAGE
NIAZMANDAN LAHORE AND ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI
Abdul Majeed Salk
Chiragh Hassan Hasrat
Colonel Majeed Malik

Memories are short but not that short to tear pages from history books. The efforts of a group of Punjabi writers and poets decided to promote the Urdu Language. Obviously they wrote so well that it incurred jealousy amongst others. Particularly the lobbies in UP were against the fame gained by these Urdu writers. M.A. Rahman Chughtai consolidated them all through his designs as well as publications. For two years Chughtai took out the prestigious Art Annual Karawan from Lahore from his residence in Chabuk Sawaran, through his Jahangeer Book Club. So well received in Urdu circles but was difficult to maintain due to financial reasons. All these people you see tried their best to do this and were supported by Sufi Ghulam Tabbassum too, who was another honourable member. Probably there were others too, including the younger brother of the artist, Abdur Raheem Chughtai.

Hari Chand Akhtar
Hafeez Jullundri 1976
Pitras Bokhari

The group was so successful that in reality the adoption of Urdu language was also a result of their efforts. This was endorsed by Quaid e Azam and Liaquat Ali Khan. It had history. Urdu language was a product of request of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia. A meeting was in progress under Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia and many people were seated there. The list included Khawaja Hassan Sanjari, Khawaja Saeed Muhammed, Khawaja Saeed Mussavi, Khawaja Syed Rafiuddin Haroon, and Har Dev, along with his three relatives, Sumbal Dev, Chanel Dev, and Sunil Dev. Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia was of view that a language issue in addressing people of Hindustan was occurring, and it had to be resolved with a new communication tool. We have to devise a language which mixes local language with language of Muslims that Is Persian, and Turkish. Already inter exchange of words are taking place and people are familiar with same. And to teach this language I have written a small booklet by name of KHALIQ BARI. I want that a system of new language should be started and it should be call Hinduvta. But so that people can really know it, I want Amir Khusro to compose songs in same, so that not only people can talk and read it, but can also sing songs in it, so that it really becomes common with use. As Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia lived between 1238 AD to 1325 AD, so the birth of Urdu started in the 13th to 14th century. The language has a history of about 700 years and was avidly used in Hyderabad Deccan.

M D Taseer conducts lecture
MARC 1897 to 1975
Karawan Urdu Annual MARC

The British knew that to deflower the Islamic Ideology, the language was to be removed from the minds of people. Quaid e Azam knew that to promote Unity in Pakistan, one language was the requirement of the times. The crisis of Bengali language was master minded and the lovely Bengali people fooled into riots. The result is obvious to us all. The lament of the creation of Brown Sahibs has evaporated with advent of those who wanted to obliterate it. But Pakistan will rise. Do not be taken into this hybrid war. Our Ideology is intact and cunning low moral people cannot silence truth forever. Pakistan forever!

A Rare work of Majeed Malik
Taseer
Sufi Ghulam Tabassum
MARC in Mushaira

5 thoughts on “A GROUP IN LAHORE TO PROPAGATE URDU LANGUAGE – NIAZMANDAN LAHORE AND ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI”

  1. Not fashionable but the truth. Muslims were in hibernation and are waking up. With the connivance of Arabs, British broke the Ottoman Empire but it created a new hero Kamal Atta turk Pasha.

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