The language of secular Islam
Subtitle: Urdu nationalism and colonial Hyderabad
By: Kavita Saraswathi Datla
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780824836092
Subjects: Language and education; Urdu language; Languages; Osmania University; Language policy; Political aspects; Muslim educators; Political activity; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Muslims and secular education : the beginnings of Osmania University; title: Reforming a language : creating textbooks and cultivating Urdu; title: Muslim pasts : writing the history of India and the history of Islam; title: Locating Urdu : Deccani, Hindustani, and Urdu; title: Secular projects and student politics : "Vande mataram" in Hyderabad; title: Conclusion : from national to minority subjects.