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Kashful Akhbar

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Kashful Akhbar
Categoriescultural
PublisherMunshi Mohammad Aman Ali
Founded1855
First issue1855
CountryIndia
LanguageUrdu

Kashful Akhbar is an India Urdu magazine, it was established in 1855 and first published in 1874, The magazine was published in Mumbai and played a role in the literary and cultural landscape of the time.[1] Its publisher was Munshi Mohammad Aman Ali, a figure in Urdu literature.[2] The magazine covered a variety of topics and was known for its literary contributions, including poetry and prose.[3][4][5][6]

History

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Kashful Akhbar was the first Urdu newspaper in Bombay.[7] It was established in 1855.[8] Till 1960 there were several copies of this newspaper at Kutub Khana Mohammediya Jama Masjid and Karimi Library.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1874). Parliamentary Papers. H.M. Stationery Office.
  2. ^ Jamāluddīn, Jāvīd (2004). Abdul Hameed Ansari, Revolutionary Journalist and Freedom Fighter. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-142-6.
  3. ^ The Voice of India. 1888.
  4. ^ Kidambi, Prashant; Kamat, Manjiri; Dwyer, Rachel (2019-10-20). Bombay before Mumbai: Essays in Honour of Jim Masselos. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-665-0.
  5. ^ Parsees (BOMBAY) (1874). Begin. To the Most Noble The Marquis of Salisbury, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for India in Council ... The Memorial of the Parsee Inhabitants of the City of Bombay, etc. [Dated, 13 April 1874. With appendices.]. “Bombay Gazette” Steam Press.
  6. ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1874). Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons. Ordered to be printed.
  7. ^ Sharma, Sita Ram (1992). Urdu. Anmol Publications. ISBN 978-81-7041-545-9.
  8. ^ Commission, Indian Historical Records (1951). Proceedings of Meetings. Superintendent Government Printing, India.
  9. ^ Rizvi, Syed Najmul Raza; Jafri, Saiyid Zaheer Husain (2009). The Great Uprising of 1857: Commentaries, Studies and Documents. Anamika Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7975-277-7.
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