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Maulana Azad National Urdu University, a central university, was established in:

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Answer: Option A — 1998, at Hyderabad

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Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) was established in 1998 by an Act of Parliament as a central university, with its headquarters at Gachibowli, Hyderabad, in present-day Telangana.

Purpose of the university:

  • To promote and develop the Urdu language.
  • To provide higher education, including professional and technical education, through the medium of Urdu.
  • To provide education through distance and conventional modes, so that Urdu-speaking people across the country can benefit.
  • To give special attention to the education of women.

Named after:

  • The university is named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a freedom fighter, scholar and the first Education Minister of independent India.
  • His birthday, 11 November, is observed as National Education Day.

Courses and campuses:

  • It offers courses in arts, sciences, commerce, education, management, journalism and engineering, in Urdu.
  • It has regional campuses, polytechnics, model schools and teacher education colleges in various states.
  • It was one of the first universities to offer distance education in Urdu.

Other universities linked with the Muslim community and Urdu:

  • Aligarh Muslim University: founded as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1875 and made a university in 1920.
  • Jamia Millia Islamia: founded in 1920 at Aligarh and later moved to Delhi.
  • Osmania University in Hyderabad: founded in 1918, it was the first university in India to use Urdu as a medium of instruction.

Urdu in the Constitution:

  • Urdu is one of the 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule.
  • It is the second official language in several states, such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language:

It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education that promotes Urdu.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗The other options describe Jamia Millia Islamia (1920), Aligarh's MAO College (1875) and a non-matching institution.

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Remember: Maulana Azad National Urdu University = 1998, Hyderabad (Gachibowli).

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