Urdu as a Print Language: A Study of Identity Construction in British India

Urdu became the language of printing and publication in British India. This led to a number of social changes which also had political repercussions. The first was that a large number of Islamic material was printed which sharpened and hardened polarized religious identities and increased the consci...

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