There have been hundreds of Urdu writers who are Hindus,” said Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, an Urdu scholar of international repute. “It will be damaging to the unity of India if Urdu is considered purely Muslims’ language. There have been hundreds of Urdu writers who are Hindus,” said Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, an Urdu scholar of international repute. It was in the past called Hindustani, which Mahatma Gandhi wanted as the national language, he said. In Mughal India, Urdu came to mean a place where the emperor stayed.

Source: The Telegraph February 18, 2020 20:48 UTC