CleanupBot: /* History */clean up

2022-12-11T07:25:07Z

History: clean up

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:55, 11 December 2022
Line 36:		Line 36:
	From 1865 to 1872, the Nawal Kishore Press grew quickly, adopting modern technology, implementing better marketing practices, and undertaking innovative print ventures. Nawal Kishore's successor was unable to keep up his legacy, and the Press began to decline after 1890.<ref name="Khan2009">{{cite journal\|last=Khan\|first=Razak\|title=Review: An Empire of Books: The Nawal Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India by Ulrike Stark\|journal=Social Scientist\|date=March–April 2009\|volume=37\|issue=3/4\|pages=72–75\|jstor=27748587}} {{closed access}}</ref>		From 1865 to 1872, the Nawal Kishore Press grew quickly, adopting modern technology, implementing better marketing practices, and undertaking innovative print ventures. Nawal Kishore's successor was unable to keep up his legacy, and the Press began to decline after 1890.<ref name="Khan2009">{{cite journal\|last=Khan\|first=Razak\|title=Review: An Empire of Books: The Nawal Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India by Ulrike Stark\|journal=Social Scientist\|date=March–April 2009\|volume=37\|issue=3/4\|pages=72–75\|jstor=27748587}} {{closed access}}</ref>

	When Nawal Kishore died in 1895, his adopted son, {{sister-inline\|project=s\|links=[[wikisource:~~The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_~~(1915)/Prag,~~_Naraian_Bhargava~~\|Munshi Prag Narayan Bhargav]]\|short=yes}} (1872–1926), took over management of the publishing house.{{sfn\|Stark\|2007\|p=220}} Following Prag Narayan's death, the company passed to his son, Bishan Narayan (1898–1931).{{sfn\|Stark\|2007\|p=222}} Soon afterwards, Bishan Narayan left the Press to his own two sons, Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargav (1915–1971) and Munshi Tej Kumar Bhargav (1919–1987). In 1950, following a rift between the brothers, the firm was divided into two separate book publishers, renamed the Ram Kumar Book Depot and the Tej Kumar Book Depot.{{sfn\|Stark\|2007\|p=223}}		When Nawal Kishore died in 1895, his adopted son, {{sister-inline\|project=s\|links=[[wikisource:The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Prag, Naraian Bhargava\|Munshi Prag Narayan Bhargav]]\|short=yes}} (1872–1926), took over management of the publishing house.{{sfn\|Stark\|2007\|p=220}} Following Prag Narayan's death, the company passed to his son, Bishan Narayan (1898–1931).{{sfn\|Stark\|2007\|p=222}} Soon afterwards, Bishan Narayan left the Press to his own two sons, Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargav (1915–1971) and Munshi Tej Kumar Bhargav (1919–1987). In 1950, following a rift between the brothers, the firm was divided into two separate book publishers, renamed the Ram Kumar Book Depot and the Tej Kumar Book Depot.{{sfn\|Stark\|2007\|p=223}}

	==Publications==		==Publications==

imported>Citation bot: Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | via #UCB_webform 512/1483

2021-03-30T18:23:27Z

Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | via #UCB_webform 512/1483

New page

{{short description|Indian book publishing firm founded by Munshi Nawal Kishore}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox publisher
| name = Nawal Kishore Press
| image =
| caption =
| parent =
| status =
| traded_as =
| predecessor =
| founded = 1858
| founder = [[Munshi Nawal Kishore]]
| successor = Ram Kumar Book Depot<br>Tej Kumar Book Depot
| country = India
| headquarters = [[Lucknow]]
| distribution =
| keypeople =
| publications =
| topics =
| genre =
| imprints =
| revenue =
| owner =
| numemployees =
| website =
}}
The '''Nawal Kishore Press''' (also spelled '''Newal Kishore Press''') was a publishing house founded by [[Munshi Nawal Kishore]] in [[Lucknow]], [[British India]], in 1858. It grew rapidly between 1865 and 1872 from its modest beginnings as a small printing press, adopting modern technology and improved marketing, and engaging in innovative print ventures. The Press began to decline after 1890, when Nawal Kishore's successor was unable to keep up his legacy.

The Nawal Kishore Press published books in [[Urdu]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], and [[Hindi]] on a variety of subjects, including: religion, ethics, literature, medicine, and history.

==History==
[[File:Munshi Nawal Kishore.jpg|thumb|Munshi Nawal Kishore (1836–1895)|upright=0.8]]
Munshi Nawal Kishore was associated with the [[Agra]]-based Koh-i-Noor Press from 1853 to 1857, and briefly served as an assistant editor and editor of ''Koh-i-Noor'', a Koh-i-Noor Press magazine owned by Munshi Harsukh Roy.<ref name="Haider1981">{{cite journal|first=Syed Jalaluddin|last=Haider|title=Munshi Nawal Kishore (1836—1895) : Mirror of Urdu Printing in British India|journal=Libri|volume=31|issue=1|pages=227–237|doi=10.1515/libr.1981.31.1.227|date=January 1981}} {{closed access}}</ref> When he was 22, Nawal Kishore moved to Lucknow to found his own business. On 23 November 1858, he opened a small printing press with official approval from [[Robert Montgomery (colonial administrator)|Robert Montgomery]], then [[List of Chief Commissioners of Oudh|Chief Commissioner of Oudh]].<ref name="Haider1981"/>{{sfn|Stark|2007|p=124}}

From 1865 to 1872, the Nawal Kishore Press grew quickly, adopting modern technology, implementing better marketing practices, and undertaking innovative print ventures. Nawal Kishore's successor was unable to keep up his legacy, and the Press began to decline after 1890.<ref name="Khan2009">{{cite journal|last=Khan|first=Razak|title=Review: An Empire of Books: The Nawal Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India by Ulrike Stark|journal=Social Scientist|date=March–April 2009|volume=37|issue=3/4|pages=72–75|jstor=27748587}} {{closed access}}</ref>

When Nawal Kishore died in 1895, his adopted son, {{sister-inline|project=s|links=[[wikisource:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_(1915)/Prag,_Naraian_Bhargava|Munshi Prag Narayan Bhargav]]|short=yes}} (1872–1926), took over management of the publishing house.{{sfn|Stark|2007|p=220}} Following Prag Narayan's death, the company passed to his son, Bishan Narayan (1898–1931).{{sfn|Stark|2007|p=222}} Soon afterwards, Bishan Narayan left the Press to his own two sons, Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargav (1915–1971) and Munshi Tej Kumar Bhargav (1919–1987). In 1950, following a rift between the brothers, the firm was divided into two separate book publishers, renamed the Ram Kumar Book Depot and the Tej Kumar Book Depot.{{sfn|Stark|2007|p=223}}

==Publications==
The Nawal Kishore Press played an instrumental role in promoting literature. It contributed to the preservation and dissemination of Islamic religious texts, [[Unani medicine]], works on Indo-Muslim historiography, and the traditional [[Persian literature|Persian]] and Urdu ''qissa'' and ''[[dastan]]'' narrative forms. The Press also published, and produced translations of, Sanskrit texts, and promoted the ''[[Puranas]]'' (Hindu religious texts) in Hindi and Urdu.<ref name="Khan2009"/>

Through its newspaper ''[[Avadh Akhbar]]'', initially published weekly, the Nawal Kishore Press also contributed to Urdu journalism. In 1877, ''Avadh Akhbar'' became the first daily Urdu-language newspaper in [[northern India]]. The paper became popular, and achieved commercial success through efficient editing and professional management techniques. The Press also published other newspapers and journals.<ref name="Khan2009"/>

Over almost a century, the Nawal Kishore Press published some 12,000 titles. Approximately 5000 of these were issued during Nawal Kishore's lifetime; 3000 under Prag Narayan; and 2000 each, respectively, in the era of Bishan Narayan then of his two sons.{{sfn|Stark|2007|p=224}}

==Reception==
Scholar Ulrike Stark comments that the Nawal Kishore Press played a pivotal role in the diffusion of [[Hindi literature]] during the latter half of the nineteenth century, as one of the first private Indian publishing houses to engage in the mass publication of printed books in Hindi.<ref name="Stark2004">{{cite book |chapter=Hindi Publishing in the Heart of an Indo-Persian Cultural Metropolis : Lucknow's Newal Kishore Press (1858–1895) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2N046vzK824C&pg=PA251 |first=Ulrike |last=Stark |title=India's Literary History: Essays on the Nineteenth Century |editor1-first=Stuart H. |editor1-last=Blackburn |editor2-first=Vasudha |editor2-last=Dalmia |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2004 |isbn=978-8-17824-056-5 |page=273}}</ref>

==References==
=== Citations ===
{{reflist|2}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book|last=Stark|first=Ulrike|title=An Empire of Books: The Naval Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=itjgAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Permanent Black|location=Ranikhet|isbn=978-81-7824-196-8}}

==External links==
* [https://crossasia-bibliographies.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/navalkishore/ Nawal Kishore Press Bibliography]
* [https://archive.org/details/@navalkishorepress?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Naval%20Kishor%20Press%20Publications%22 Books by Nawal Kishore Press] at [[Internet Archive]]

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Book publishing companies of India]]
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1858]]
[[Category:Defunct book publishing companies]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1858]]

Nawal Kishore Press - Revision history

CleanupBot: /* History */clean up

imported>Citation bot: Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | via #UCB_webform 512/1483