Activities
Department of Urdu and Persian is running Part-time evening courses but simultaneously
department is engage in research in both the languages Urdu and Persian. The department
is doing research in the field of Classical, Medieval and Modern areas of language
and literature. Department has guided 25 Ph. D. Persian posses the status of classical
language of India. It influenced Indian languages and as well as literature and
culture. Our medieval literature is influenced particularly by Persian and Urdu.
Medieval history is not complete without the study of Persian because, for a long
time Persian was state language of India. Since Sultanate period till Maharaja Ranjit
Singh all the records were in Persian language. The terminology used in courts,
military, police department, construction, roads and irrigation mostly is derivate
from Persian. Literature of Urdu and Persian reflect the costumes and traditions
of the society of its period. So, anybody can study the sociology and history of
a particular era with the help of these languages