The Language of Secular Islam: Urdu Nationalism and Colonial India 9780824837914
During the turbulent period prior to colonial India’s partition and independence, Muslim intellectuals in Hyderabad soug
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter 1. Muslims and Secular Education: The Beginnings of Osmania University
Chapter 2. Reforming a Language: Creating Textbooks and Cultivating Urdu
Chapter 3. Muslim Pasts: Writing The History of India and The History of Islam
Chapter 4. Locating Urdu Deccani, Hindustani, and Urdu
Chapter 5. Secular Projects and Student Politics: “Vande Mataram” in Hyderabad
Conclusion: From National to Minority Subjects
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter 1. Muslims and Secular Education: The Beginnings of Osmania University
Chapter 2. Reforming a Language: Creating Textbooks and Cultivating Urdu
Chapter 3. Muslim Pasts: Writing The History of India and The History of Islam
Chapter 4. Locating Urdu Deccani, Hindustani, and Urdu
Chapter 5. Secular Projects and Student Politics: “Vande Mataram” in Hyderabad
Conclusion: From National to Minority Subjects
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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