Urdu in California

Since the discovery of gold in California; the 'gold rush' has not stopped. You can find people from all over the world in this state of United States. Few would know that a newspaper in Urdu was regularly published here as early as 1913.

Ghadar newspaper was the organ of Ghadar Party established for the freedom of India.

On left is

a copy of 'ghadar' newspaper published from San Francisco, issue of 9 June 1917.

To learn more about the background stories of how Urdu speakers got to California, follow the link

Univ. of Berkeley