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The Hindi-Urdu controversy arose in 19th century colonial India from the debate over whether Hindi or Urdu should be chosen as the national language. Hindi and Urdu are generally considered two forms of the same language, Hindustani, but they are written in different scripts - Devanagari for Hindi and a modified Perso-Arabic script for Urdu. The controversy grew from British language policies that favored Urdu over Hindi, and led to the development of opposing Hindi and Urdu movements advocating for officia
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- Aziz Ur Rehman
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