Datla, Kavita Saraswathi

The language of secular Islam : Urdu nationalism and colonial India / Kavita Saraswathi Datla. - xiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.

Muslims and secular education : the beginnings of Osmania University -- Reforming a language : creating textbooks and cultivating Urdu -- Muslim pasts : writing the history of India and the history of Islam -- Locating Urdu : Deccani, Hindustani, and Urdu -- Secular projects and student politics : "Vande mataram" in Hyderabad.

9780824836092 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2012025444


Osmania University--History.


Urdu language--Political aspects--History--India--Hyderabad (State)--20th century.
Language and education--History--India--Hyderabad (State)--20th century.
Muslim educators--Political activity--History--India--Hyderabad (State)--20th century.
Language policy--History--India--Hyderabad (State)--20th century.


Hyderabad (India : State)--Languages--Political aspects.

PK1979 / .D38 2013

306.446095484 / DAT/L