Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was one of the big Urdu supporter and the followers of Sir Syed tried their level best to save Urdu language. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk was one of Sir Syed’s followers to save Urdu. Mohsin-ul-Mulk developed an organization known as Urdu Defence Association in 1900. He was the outstanding person who organized the Muslims in defense of Urdu.
The success of the Hindi movement led Sir Syed to further advocate Urdu as the language of all India Muslims and the symbol of Muslim heritage. His political and educational work developed Muslims’ interest in Urdu. Sir Syed’s colleague, Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk established Urdu Defence Association to the preparation of Urdu.
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk did a lot of work to spread Urdu among the Muslims of India. Sir Syed perceived Urdu as the lingua franca of Muslims. Urdu was used as the second language to Persian, the official language of the Mughal court. Sir Syed promoted Urdu language through his own writing and also under Sir Syed, the scientific society translated western work into Urdu.
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