Urdu Academy is the term used for various state academies, institutes and agencies set up by the respective governments for the promoting, preserving and developing Urdu language and the traditions and culture associated it.
India Most of these academies were constituted in 1970s, later in 1996 National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language was constituted as national level nodal agency for these agencies.
Following is the list of Urdu academies and organizations working for the promotion of the Urdu language and literature in India, +AcademyEstablishWebsiteUttar Pradesh Urdu Academy 1972Official WebsiteBihar Urdu Academy1972Official WebsiteMaharashtra Urdu Academy1975Official WebsiteKarnataka Urdu Academy1977Official Website West Bengal Urdu Academy1978Official WebsiteDelhi Urdu Academy1981Official WebsiteAndhra Pradesh Urdu Academy 1982Official WebsiteHaryana Urdu Academy1985Official Website Odisha Urdu Academy1987Official Website Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy1978Official WebsiteRajasthan Urdu Academy1979Official WebsiteChhattisgarh Urdu Academy2003Official Website Gujarat Urdu AcademyOfficial Website Punjab Urdu Academy2005Official WebsiteTelangana Urdu Academy2014Official Website Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and LanguagesOfficial Website Academy of Professional Development of Urdu Medium Teachers, Jamia Millia IslamiaOfficial WebsiteCenter for Professional Development of Urdu Medium Teachers, Maulana Azad National Urdu UniversityOfficial WebsiteIdara Adabiyat-e-Urdu, HyderabadAbul Kalam Azad Oriental Research Institute, Hyderabad1959Official websiteGhalib InstituteOfficial WebsiteAnjuman-e-Taraqqi Urdu (Hind), New DelhiOfficial WebsiteGhalib Academy, New DelhiOfficial WebsiteAnjuman-e-Islam Urdu Research Institute, Mumbai1874Official Website
See also List of Islamic universities and colleges in India
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