In India, Urdu is spoken in places with large Muslim communities or cities that were once power centres of Muslim Empires. They include parts of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Kashmir, Bhopal and Hyderabad.

The Bara Imambara in Lucknow. Lucknow, in India has been a centre of Urdu culture and literature for centuries. The city has been home to many Urdu poets, including Mir Taqi Mir, a famous poet in the ...

That the two founding figures of Indian and Pakistani independence were united by a shared love of Urdu speaks eloquently ... to supersede both English and India's many regional languages.

Urdu started developing in north India around Delhi in about the 12th century. It was based on the language spoken in the region around Delhi, and it was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian, as ...

In the contemporary world, Urdu is still popular in India and Pakistan and other south Asian countries. The origin of Urdu literature can be traced to the 14th century in India during the Mughal rule.