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Matwālā was a biweekly Hindi-language literary and political magazine that existed between 1923 1930. The magazine was based in Calcutta.

History and profile

Matwālā was established in 1923.[1] The magazine was headquartered in Calcutta.[1] The founder of the literary and political magazine was Seth Mahadev Prasad.[2] The first editor was Suryakant Tripathi.[1] It had a nationalist political view and satirical and comical tone.[1] One of the contributors was Bhagat Singh.[3] Matwālā folded in 1930.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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" (PDF). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 3 September 2020.