Matwālā was a biweekly Hindi-language literary and political magazine published from 1923 to 1930. It was based in Calcutta.

History and profile

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Matwālā was established in 1923[1] and was headquartered in Calcutta, West Bengal.[1] The magazine, which had a nationalist political view and a satirical and comical tone,[1] was founded by Seth Mahadev Prasad.[2] The first editor was Suryakant Tripathi.[1] One of the contributors was Bhagat Singh.[3] Matwālā ceased publication in 1930.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d R. Vanita; S. Kidwai (11 September 2000). Same-Sex Love in India: Readings in Indian Literature. Springer. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-137-05480-7.
  2. ^ Sheldon Pollock; Arvind Raghunathan (19 May 2003). Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia. University of California Press. p. 994. ISBN 978-0-520-22821-4.
  3. ^ S. Irfan Habib (23 March 2019). "Revolutionary ideas that live on". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ^ Rahul Bjørn Parson. The Bazaar and the Bari: Calcutta, Marwaris, and the World of Hindi Letters (PhD dissertation). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 6 March 2023.