Urdu Department needed at NBU The University of North Bengal was established by the act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962.The University is located outside Siliguri and Bagdogra Airport in the Terai region of Darjeeling district. It has a lot of centers such as Centre for Himalayan Studies wherein Tibetan Language is taught, Centre for Adult & Continuing Education, Centre for Women Studies, Centre for Development Studies etc along with the faculties of Science and Technology. But it is the matter of full regret that there is no regular teaching system of Urdu as well as of Arabic, Persian and Islamic Studies and no specific department for these disciplines in this university. Whereas the University is surrounded by the mostly Muslim majority areas of Chopra, Islampur, Homtabad, Kaliganj, Goalpokhar-1, Goalpokhar-2, Ithara, Karandighi, Raiganj where the Muslim population percentage is 62.34, 71.08, 50.24, 20.70, 61.50, 75.56, 50.04, 49.36, 32.72 respectively as per...