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Odisha Urdu Academy

Odisha Urdu Academy,[2][3] or Odisha Urdu Akademi (Urdu: اڈیشا اردو اکادمی), formerly Orissa Urdu Academy,[4] is an academy and institution in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state of Odisha, focusing on the promotion, development, and preservation of the Urdu language, its tradition, and culture in Odisha. It was formed on February 7, 1987, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.[5] This academy is established under the Department of Odia Language, Literature, and Culture, Government of Odisha.

Odisha Urdu Academy
اڈیشا اردو اکادمی
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଉର୍ଦ୍ଦୁ ଏକାଡେମୀ
Formation7 February 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-07)
Founded atBhubaneswar
Location
  • Sanskruti Bhawan, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751002
President
Khalid Rahim
Vice President
Syed Nafees Desnavi
Secretary
Syed Mushir Alam[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

History edit

On February 7, 1987, the Urdu Academy was established in Odisha for the promotion and promotion of Urdu language and literature and the survival and protection of Urdu tradition and culture.[6][7][8][9] This academy is established under the Department of Odia Language, Literature, and Culture, a branch of the Government of Odisha, and under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.[10]

Activities edit

Seminars, lectures, and literary talks are organized through the academy. "Urdu Learning Centers" (for adults) are being run in various districts of Odisha, under which the beneficiaries are trained to read, write, and speak Urdu for six months. Under the supervision of the Academy, the achievement of editing the Urdu-Odia dictionary containing fifty thousand words has been implemented, and this achievement has been accomplished under the auspices of the Dictionary Committee, whose chairman was Karamat Ali Karamat and whose editorial board included Hafeezullah Nawalpuri, Saeed Rahmani, Naseema Begum, and Motiullah Nazish.[11]

Apart from the literary and cultural activities of the academy, the series of publications is also ongoing. Many important publications have been published, especially regarding Odisha, including Karamat Ali Karamat's Aab-e-Khizr (Remembrance of the Poets of Odisha), Odisha Mein Urdu Nasrnigari (Urdu prose in Odisha) and Odisha Ke Mujahideen-e-Azadi (The freedom fighters from Odisha) by Motiullah Nazish, and Saeed Rahmani's Odisha Mein Urdu Shayari (Urdu poetry in Odisha), etc.[12]

In addition to these, S. M. H. Burney's Muhibb-e-Watan Iqbal (Iqbal: Poet – Patriot of India; 1984) was translated from Urdu to Odia under the name Desh Premi Iqbal (1988), an Urdu translation of the stories of some Odia writers, Odia Zaban Ke Numayinda Afsāne (Representative fictions of the Odia language; 2000), Karamat Ali Karamat's Odia Zaban o Adab: Ek Mutala (Odia Language and Literature: A Study; 2020), and Kulliyāt-e-Amjad Najmi (Amjad Najmi's poetry collection; 2017), a collection of Urdu translations of Sitakant Mahapatra's poems Awaaz-e Jarasaura (2008)[13][14] and Urdu Adab Ka Koh-e-Noor Karamat Ali Karamat (Koh-e-Noor of Urdu Literature, Karamat Ali Karamat) by Azizur Rehman and Abdul Matin Jami.[15]

Awardees edit

The people who have been honored with the honors since the establishment of the academy, i.e., from 1987 to 1997, include the following gentlemen:[16][17]

  • 1987: Abdul Rasheed Naqqad, Abdul Latif Arif, and Fazlullah Sharif Afzal Berhampuri
  • 1988: Rishi Kant Parekh Rahi, Noorul Huda Qayed, Mahmood Balasori
  • 1989: Karamat Ali Karamat, Hafeezullah Nawalpuri, and Khalid Rahim
  • 1990: Syeda Maslahat Aizdi Maslahat, Hafizul Bari Hafiz, Sulaiman Khaki Berhampuri, and Sheikh Habibullah
  • 1991: Yousuf Jamal, Abdul Majeed Faizi, Yousuf Pervaiz, and Shamsul Huda Shams
  • 1992: Sajid Asar, Rashid Shabnam, and Shakeel Desnavi
  • 1993: Saeed Rahmani, Sheikh Mubeenullah, and Khalid Shafai
  • 1994: Ismail Azar, Maulana Abdul Masjood
  • 1995: Ghulam Haider Nayab
  • 1996: Ghayel Faridi, Abdus Samad Wasif
  • 1997: Khawar Naqeeb
  • 2021: Abdul Matin Jami, Abdul Hafiz Bismil, and Afzal Baidar[9]
  • 2022: Muhammad Motiullah Nazish, Nasreen Nikhat, and Shaukat Rashid[9]

Publications edit

Syed Manzoor Ahmed Qasmi, the first secretary of the academy, has been the secretary of the academy for about ten years since the establishment of the academy, i.e., in 1987. During his time, the academy has developed a lot.[18] He released the quarterly magazine Farogh-e-Adab from the academy in February 1987; later, its publication was stopped.[13][19] Then, in June 2012, the former secretary of the academy, Dawood Rahman, took over the post, so he started publishing this magazine again in April 2013.[20][13] Since January 2016, the secretary of the academy is Syed Mushir Alam,[13] who, according to Motiullah Nazish, has a high level of ability in Urdu and is well-versed in Urdu journalism, and the quality of literature promotion in his department has increased immensely.[21] According to Haqqani Al Qasmi, this magazine is playing an important role in the promotion of Urdu language and literature in Odisha, and this magazine has established its identity in other areas besides Odisha.[12]

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Islam, Mujahidul (22 February 2023). "بالاسور یاترا" [Journey to Balasore]. ishtiraak.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. ^ N., Ashraf; Klra, Harinder Pal Singh (2021). Bibliographic Control of Urdu Publications in India: Current Status and Trends. 4th International Conference on Library and Information Management. University of Kelaniya: Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences. p. 35.
  3. ^ Israeel, Uzair (1 August 2018). "اردو زبان کے ارتقا میں سرکاری اداروں کا کردار: ایک جائزہ از اشرف مدنی" [Role of Government Institutions in the Evolution of Urdu Language: A Review by Ashraf Madani]. Quarterly Urdu Research Journal (in Urdu) (15). ISSN 2348-3687.
  4. ^ Accessions List, South Asia. Vol. 13. New Delhi: Library of Congress. 1993. pp. 223, 896, 914.
  5. ^ Begum, Fahmida, ed. (July–December 1989). "Promotion of Urdu in India: Dr. Fahmida Begum". "Fikr-o-Tahqīq" Quarterly (in Urdu). 1 (2). New Delhi: Taraqq-e-Urdu Bureau: 44–46.
  6. ^ "Odisha Govt has taken a back seat towards Urdu Academy; Academy officials". reportodisha.com. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Urdu academy put on the backburner". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  8. ^ "اردو کا تاریخی پس منظر" [Historical background of Urdu]. www.urducouncil.nic.in (in Urdu). Delhi: National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Patnaik, Soumya Ranjan, ed. (1 December 2023). "୨୦ ବର୍ଷ ପରେ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଉର୍ଦୁ ଏକାଡେମୀ ପୁରସ୍କାର" [Odisha Urdu Academy Award after 20 years]. Sambad (in Odia). 40 (56) (Cuttack ed.): 7.
  10. ^ Syed, M.H; P.S, Bright (2009). Orissa General Knowledge. New Delhi: Bright Publications. p. 66. ISBN 9788171995745.
  11. ^ Nazish 2018, p. 239.
  12. ^ a b Al Qasmi, Haqqani (8 January 2022). ""Farogh-e-Adab": A valuable magazine of Odisha Urdu Academy". qindeelonline.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d Patsani, Monalisa (5 July 2016). "Urdu academy awaits council for progress". orissapost.com. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Available publications of the Odisha Urdu Academy on rekhta.com". rekhta.org. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Urdu Adab Ka Koh-e-Noor Karamat Ali Karamat". rekhta.org (in Urdu). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  16. ^ Nazish 2018, pp. 34–35.
  17. ^ Vikram, Nand Kishore (September 2023). "Awards and honors". Aalmi Urdu Adab (in Urdu). 11 (6). Krishna Nagar, Delhi: Publishers and Advertisers: 422.
  18. ^ Nazish 2018, pp. 231–232.
  19. ^ Parveen, Farhat (March 2023). "Deaths". Aaj Kal (in Urdu). 81 (8). New Delhi: Publications Division, Delhi: 23.
  20. ^ ar-Rahman, Dawood, ed. (April–June 2013). "Editorial". Farogh-e-Adab (in Urdu). 19 (1). Bhubaneswar: Odisha Urdu Academy: 3.
  21. ^ Nazish 2018, p. 234.

Bibliography edit

  • Nazish, Motiullah (2018). Odisha Mein Urdu Nasrnigari (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Bhubaneswar: Odisha Urdu Academy.

Further reading edit

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