Abstract
RY OF URDU AND PUNJABI
LANGUAGE IN PUNJAB
Abstract
Urdu is declared as official language in place of Persian
Language during British Raj in Punjab. After 58 Years of
implementation of Urdu,Vice Chancellor of Punjab University Dr. P.C
Chester Ji proposed to consider Punjabi instead of Urdu as medium of
instruction. This suggestion was strongly opposed by Punjabi scholars
like Allama Iqbal. Munshi Mehboob Alam and Munshi Sirajuddin etc
and declared Urdu as modernized version of Punjabi. Muslim scholars
were doubted of the excessive addition of Sanskrit words instead of
Arabian and Persian to make Punjabi a literary language like Bengali and
they were afraid of Panjabi losing its Islamic identity. Muslims were not
even accepting Nagri and Gurmukhi Scripts. Hafiz Mehmood Sherani
proved by writing a book "Urdu in Punjab" in 1928 that Urdu is born in
Punjab and Punjabi is its founder language but now national research is
emerged against this idea. The three scripts were a big hurdle in
implementing Punjabi language. Muslims wanted Persian. Hindus
wanted Nagri whereas Sikhs wanted Gurmukhi Script. This was not
acceptable for the Government. That is why Government did not
acknowledge this issue again
Dr Muhammad Azam Chaudhary. (2016) The Story Of Urdu And Punjabi Language In Punjab , Karoonjhar Research Journal, Volume-14, Issue-1.
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