Hucheshwar Gurusidha Mudgal (2 September 1899, Hubli-19??) was an Indian political activist who became prominent in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association working on the Daily Negro Times[1] and Negro World.[2] Born in India, he arrived in New York City in 1920, where he stayed for seventeen years.[3]
He was educated at City College of New York and Columbia University where he gained an M.A.[4]
He returned to India in 1937 where he became a member of parliament for the Congress Party, but was forced to resign in a corruption scandal in 1951.[5] He published an article about Bal Gandharva in The Times of India in 1967.[6]
References
edit- ^ Hill, Robert A.; Garvey, Marcus; Association, Universal Negro Improvement (1983). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. V: September 1922-August 1924. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520058170.
- ^ Manan Desai, Tizarat Gill (1 February 2018). "H.G. Mudgal, Harlem Editor". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Desai, Manan; Gill, Tizarat (1 February 2018). "H.G. Mudgal, Harlem Editor". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Who's Who 1950 Parliament of India" (PDF). eparlib.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Mitta, Manoj (2005). "How an MP was expelled for similar scandal". The Times of India. No. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Mudgal, H. G. (1967). "Bal Ghandarva: The Beginning of a Career" (PDF). No. 30 July 1967. Times of India.