One Language, Two Scripts: The Hindi Movement In Nineteenth Century North India

by Christopher R. King

This account of the Hindi movement examines the political, social and cultural aspects of the novement, particularly on the local and provincial levels. It is based on extensive use of both Hindi and English sources, including a thorough search of official records such as education reports, publication statistics and the like.

Genres: History, India, Language

264 pages, Hardcover

First published March 23, 1995

Reviews

[ناسازگار]

What brilliant research. Many of my relatively simplistic ideas of identity politics around language in colonial UP were rewired by this book. Loved the chapters on language policy in education and civil services, and the brilliant use of statistics on readership, publication and literacy across scripts divided by region, community and language.

[Daud Khan]

A fine review of the Hindi-Urdu battles between the 1860s and the (very) early 20th century.