Overview

• On June 14, Chhattisgarh’s Director General of Police issued a directive under Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma’s instruction to replace 109 Urdu and Persian terms in police records with Hindi alternatives
• The Chhattisgarh list swaps words such as halafnama for shapath patra and fariyadi for shikayatkarta to simplify FIRs, reports and notices
• Rajasthan’s Home Minister Jawahar Singh Bedham wrote to the state DGP on June 13 requesting a formal draft proposal to substitute outdated Urdu and Persian words across police documents
• Both states cite that many recruits and citizens lack familiarity with Urdu terminology, leading to confusion and procedural delays
• Officials anticipate that standardized Hindi wording will strengthen public confidence in law enforcement and streamline administrative processes