Re: Urdu (Language)
Did they? Where did you get this from? Urdu became the official language of Jammu and Kashmir state back in 1906 and it was the Hindu maharaja who made it so, because it was thought to be easier to learn for the natives than official Persian (which continued to be the court language).
In India, Urdu has faced a systematic campaign of eradication and, barring a few cities and a dwindling number of enthusiasts, it has virtually died out as a living language. Attempts to resuscitate it, as a sop to the Muslims, have also failed and in the next few decades Urdu will virtually die out, unable to face competition from English, Hindi, and the regional languages. Even in Kashmir Urdu has been completely replaced by English as the official language and the local languages (Kashmiri, Gojri, Punjabi, Ladakhi) are now being taught in schools.