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			'''Gardhab Das''' created by cartoonist brothers [[Neelabh Banerjee]] and [[Jayanto Banerjee]] was a comic section run in the Indian youth magazine [[Target (magazine)\|Target]]. The main character Gardhab Das had a donkey face and was always depicted wearing a [[kurta]] and [[pajamas]]. His main trait was his singing or lack of it. He was a perpetually unemployed music teacher. Famously known for disturbing the peace with his vocals and his [[Pump organ\|harmonium]], he was always at loggerheads with his landlord, being a penniless 'singer'. In various strips, he gets jobs as a siren for the fire department, as a weapon during a war, and he also manages to fight and get the better of people like Tike Myson, a play on [[Mike Tyson]] and [[Bruce Lee]]. He also trains the double of Mykill Packson ([[Michael Jackson]]) on his tour to India. His only weapon: his vocals and his harmonium. The name Gardhab itself means "donkey" in Sanskrit<ref>{{cite web \|title=Animal Name in Sanskrit जानवरों के नाम संस्कृत में \|url=https://www.sanatansanskrit.in/2022/03/animal-name-in-sanskrit.html \|website=सनातन संस्कृत}}</ref> and Das is a common Indian [[surname]].

	~~'''Gardhab Das''' created by cartoonist brothers [[Neelabh Banerjee]]~~ and ~~[[Jayanto Banerjee]] was a comic section run~~ in the Indian youth magazine [[Target (magazine)\|Target]]. The main character Gardhab Das had a donkey face and was always depicted wearing a [[kurta]] and [[pajamas]]. His main trait was his singing or lack of it. He was a perpetually unemployed music teacher. ~~Famously known for disturbing the peace~~ with ~~his vocals and his~~ [[~~Pump organ~~\|~~harmonium~~]]~~, he was always at loggerheads with his landlord, being a penniless~~ '~~singer~~'~~. In various strips, he gets jobs as~~ a ~~siren~~ for ~~the fire department, as a weapon~~ during ~~a war, and he also manages to fight and get~~ the ~~better of people like Tike Myson, a play on Mike Tyson and Bruce Lee. He also trains~~ the double of Mykill Packson (Michael Jackson) on his tour to India. His only weapon: his vocals and his harmonium. The name Gardhab itself means "donkey" in Sanskrit and Das is a common Indian [[surname]].		The strips were simplistic, and their appeal lay in the funky illustrations. This along with ''[[Detective Moochwala\|Detective Moochhwala]]'' made Target a highly anticipated magazine for children all over India during the mid 1980s through till the early 1990s.

	The strips were simplistic, and their appeal lay in the funky illustrations. This along with [[Detective Moochwala\|Detective Moochhwala]] made Target a highly anticipated magazine for children all over India during the mid 1980s through till the early 1990s.		==References==
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'''Gardhab Das''' created by cartoonist brothers [[Neelabh Banerjee]] and [[Jayanto Banerjee]] was a comic section run in the Indian youth magazine [[Target (magazine)|Target]]. The main character Gardhab Das had a donkey face and was always depicted wearing a [[kurta]] and [[pajamas]]. His main trait was his singing or lack of it. He was a perpetually unemployed music teacher. Famously known for disturbing the peace with his vocals and his [[Pump organ|harmonium]], he was always at loggerheads with his landlord, being a penniless 'singer'. In various strips, he gets jobs as a siren for the fire department, as a weapon during a war, and he also manages to fight and get the better of people like Tike Myson, a play on Mike Tyson and Bruce Lee. He also trains the double of Mykill Packson (Michael Jackson) on his tour to India. His only weapon: his vocals and his harmonium. The name Gardhab itself means "donkey" in Sanskrit and Das is a common Indian [[surname]].

The strips were simplistic, and their appeal lay in the funky illustrations. This along with [[Detective Moochwala|Detective Moochhwala]] made Target a highly anticipated magazine for children all over India during the mid 1980s through till the early 1990s.

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[[Category:Indian comics]]

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