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Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai

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urdu adab canonisation and preservation of literary memory the ideational role of anjuman taraqqi urdu

Urdu Adab, Canonisation and Preservation of Literary Memory: The Ideational Role of Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu

Since 1903, after becoming an independent, nationalist institution, the Anjuman has addressed fundamental questions concerning language and literature. One of its earliest achievements was the standardisation of Urdu orthography, a task that no other institution had previously undertaken.