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Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar)
1961Aug, 16

Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar)

Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
Maulvi Abdul Haq (Urdu: مولوی عبد الحق) (20 April 1870 – 16 August 1961) was a scholar and a linguist, whom some call Baba-e-Urdu (Urdu: بابائے اردو) (Father of Urdu). Abdul Haq was a champion of the Urdu language and the demand for it to be made the national language of Pakistan.

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