WEBDESK: Today marks 64th death anniversary of Maulvi Abdul Haq also called Baba-e-Urdu, legendary Urdu writer, linguist and educationist.
Born in 1870, he received his early education in Punjab and later attended M.A.O. College in Aligarh. In 1895, he moved to Hyderabad and became head of Dar-ut-Tarjuma. By 1912, he was appointed General Secretary of the Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu, an organisation dedicated to promoting the Urdu language.
Maulvi Abdul Haq devoted his life to the advancement of Urdu. After migrating to Pakistan, he reorganised the Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu in Karachi. He was a prolific writer, producing works such as the authoritative Standard English-Urdu Dictionary, Chand Ham Asar, and Maktoobat Baba-e-Urdu Tauqeedat.
He was also a researcher, scholar, critic and lexicographer, there has never been another like him in Urdu history. He died on 16 August 1961 in Karachi. The contributions made by him to Urdu, education and Pakistan remain alive and remembered.
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