Rekhta
Spoken in	South Asia
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central zone Western Hindi Khariboli Rekhta
Writing system	Nastaʿlīq
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	hin-rek
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Rekhta (Urdu: ریختہ, Hindi: रेख़्ता rekhtā, Persian: ریخته‎ "poured" or "molded", symbolizing the mixture of Hindi-Urdu, Persian, and Arabic) was the Persianized form of the Khariboli dialect of Hindi now known by the names "Hindustani", "Hindi", and "Urdu", although Rekhta is now almost synonymous with Urdu, as its poetry is still used and made today by Urdu speakers.^[1] From the late 17th century till the closing decades of the 18th century, the term was used for the Hindustani language. It was largely supplanted by the name Hindwi / Hindavi and later Hindustani and Urdu, though it continued to be used sporadically until the late 19th century.^[2]

The following popular sher by Mirza Galib also tells us that the linguistic term rekhta was extended in 19th century North India to poetry written in the 'rekhta' vernacular (as opposed to poetry written in Persian, then considered the classical language)

Rekhte ke tum hi ustaad nahin ho Gaalib (ريختے کے تم ہی استاد نہیں ہو غالب),

Kehte hain agle zamane mein koi Meer bhi tha (کہتے ہیں اگلے زمانے میں كوٸی میر بھی تھا)|

Rekhta was also used for forms of poetry like Masnavi, Marsia, Qaseedah, Thumri, Jikri (Zikri), Geet, Chaupai and Kabit.

The grammatically feminine counterpart of rekhta is rekhti, a term first popularized by the eighteenth-century poet Sa'adat Yar Khan 'Rangin' to designate verses written in the colloquial speech of women. The Lucknow poet Insha Allah Khan 'Insha' was another well-known poet who composed rekhtis, according to Urdu scholar C M Naim

See also[link]

• Persian and Urdu
• Hindustani language
• History of the Urdu language
• Urdu poetry

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Mahendra Kumar Roy (born: 31 December 1955) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He was elected on a CPI(M) ticket from the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

The son of the late Harendra Kumar Roy and the late Nanibala Roy, he was born at Goriapara village in Jalpaiguri district. He is a B.A. and B.Ed. from A.C. College and A.C. Training College, Jalpaiguri.^[2]

He started political activities at the village level. He was in the gram panchayat during 1978-1988, was a member of the Panchyat Samiti 1993-1998, and a member of Jalpaiguri Zila Parishad 1998-2003.^[2] He was elected to the West Bengal assembly from the Rajganj Vidhan Sabha constituency in 2006.^[3]

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