Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Hindutva proponent V.D. Savarkar and his 'Urdu poetry' | ummid.com

Hindutva proponent V.D. Savarkar and his 'Urdu poetry' | ummid.com
Fourth, he set about dividing the prisoners on religious and linguistic lines as soon as he arrived in Andamans. As many as ninety percent of prisoners used Urdu for their correspondence with relatives and jail authorities prior to Savarkar's arrival. Savarkar urged them to discard the use of Urdu and instead use Hindi or other regional language.