Talk:History of Hindustani
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[edit] Important Dates in The History of Hindi
Background: The period of Prakrits and Classical Sanskrit 750 BCE Gradual emergence of post-Vedic Sanskrit 500 BCE Prakrit texts of Buddhists and Jains originate (Eastern India) 400 BCE Panini composes his Sanskrit grammar (Western India), reflecting transition from Vedic to Paninian Sanskrit 322 BCE Brahmi script inscriptions by Mauryas in Prakrit (Pali) 250 BCE Classical Sanskrit emerges. [Vidhyanath Rao] 100 BCE-100 CE Sanskrit gradually replaces Prakrit in inscriptions 320 CE The Gupta or Siddha-matrika script emerges Apabhranshas and emergence of old Hindi 400 Apabhransha in Kalidas's Vikramorvashiyam 550 Dharasena of Valabhi's inscription mentions Apabhramsha literature 779 Regional languages mentioned by Udyotan Suri in 'Kuvalayamala' 800 Bulk of the Sanskrit literature after this time is commentaries. [Vidhyanath Rao] 933 Shravakachar of Devasena, considered the first Hindi book 1100 Modern Devanagari script emerges 1145-1229 Hemachadra writes on Apabhransha grammar Decline of Apabhransha 1283 Khusro's pahelis and mukaris. Uses term 'Hindavi' 1400-1479 Raighu: last of the great Apabhramsha poets 1601 'Ardha-Kathanak' by Banarasidas, first autobiography in Hindi 1604 'Adi-Granth', a compilation of works of many poets by Guru Arjan Dev 1532-1623 Tulsidas, author of 'Ramacharita Manasa' 1623 'Gora-badal ki katha' of Jatmal, first book in Khari Boli dialect (now the standard dialect) 1645 Shahjehan builds Delhi fort; language in the locality starts to be termed Urdu 1667-1707 Vali's compositions become popular, Urdu starts replacing Farsi among Delhi nobility. It is often called 'Hindi' by Sauda, Meer, etc Emergence of modern Hindi 1833-86 Gujarati Poet Narmad proposes Hindi as India's national language 1850 The term 'Hindi' no longer used for what is now called 'Urdu' 1949 Official Language Act makes the use of Hindi in Central Government Offices mandatory 1949-50 Hindi accepted as the 'official language of the Union' in the constitution 1952 The Basic Principles Committee of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recommends that Urdu be the state language 1990 According to World Almanac and Book of Facts, Hindi-Urdu has passed English (and Spanish) to become the second most widely spoken language in the world [Peter Hook]
Background: The period of Prakrits and Classical Sanskrit 750 BCE Gradual emergence of post-Vedic Sanskrit 500 BCE Prakrit texts of Buddhists and Jains originate (Eastern India) 400 BCE Panini composes his Sanskrit grammar (Western India), reflecting transition from Vedic to Paninian Sanskrit 322 BCE Brahmi script inscriptions by Mauryas in Prakrit (Pali) 250 BCE Classical Sanskrit emerges. [Vidhyanath Rao] 100 BCE-100 CE Sanskrit gradually replaces Prakrit in inscriptions 320 CE The Gupta or Siddha-matrika script emerges Apabhranshas and emergence of old Hindi 400 Apabhransha in Kalidas's Vikramorvashiyam 550 Dharasena of Valabhi's inscription mentions Apabhramsha literature 779 Regional languages mentioned by Udyotan Suri in 'Kuvalayamala' 800 Bulk of the Sanskrit literature after this time is commentaries. [Vidhyanath Rao] 933 Shravakachar of Devasena, considered the first Hindi book 1100 Modern Devanagari script emerges 1145-1229 Hemachadra writes on Apabhransha grammar Decline of Apabhransha 1283 Khusro's pahelis and mukaris. Uses term 'Hindavi' 1400-1479 Raighu: last of the great Apabhramsha poets 1601 'Ardha-Kathanak' by Banarasidas, first autobiography in Hindi 1604 'Adi-Granth', a compilation of works of many poets by Guru Arjan Dev 1532-1623 Tulsidas, author of 'Ramacharita Manasa' 1623 'Gora-badal ki katha' of Jatmal, first book in Khari Boli dialect (now the standard dialect) 1645 Shahjehan builds Delhi fort; language in the locality starts to be termed Urdu 1667-1707 Vali's compositions become popular, Urdu starts replacing Farsi among Delhi nobility. It is often called 'Hindi' by Sauda, Meer, etc Emergence of modern Hindi 1833-86 Gujarati Poet Narmad proposes Hindi as India's national language 1850 The term 'Hindi' no longer used for what is now called 'Urdu' 1949 Official Language Act makes the use of Hindi in Central Government Offices mandatory 1949-50 Hindi accepted as the 'official language of the Union' in the constitution 1952 The Basic Principles Committee of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recommends that Urdu be the state language 1990 According to World Almanac and Book of Facts, Hindi-Urdu has passed English (and Spanish) to become the second most widely spoken language in the world [Peter Hook]
[edit] Avoid merging spree
Hindi language and Urdu are different languages. (Ekabhishek (talk) 05:05, 7 May 2008 (UTC))
