From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet]Shiek Ali and the Manglorean holocaust Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:33:17 -0700 (PDT)
Why? Just because the lingua franca of Tipu's times was Persian and Urdu?
-Tariq
Tariqji,
Din't Hindi and Urdu --same but different alphabet ? -- come on the scene more as a colonial lingua franca, to serve the Indo-Brittish administration and military purposes?
That is the impression I have and would be much obliged for elucidation.
I follw your comments with avid interest.
Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, 2004-04-14
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