Person · publisher & printer
Munshi Nawal Kishore
Also known as Nawal Kishore, Newal Kishore, Munshi Newal Kishore
Founder in 1858 of what became the largest publishing house in Asia, printing several thousand titles in Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Hindi and English. He published the Qur'an and the Rāmāyana from the same press, and made Persian and Sanskrit classics available cheaply across northern India for the first time.
- Date
- 1836 – 1895
- Function
- Text & inscription
- Tradition
- Nawal Kishore Press imprints
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Worth knowing
He started the year after the revolt, in a city that had just been sacked, and recruited scholars left unemployed by the destruction of the old court establishments. His editions are still the standard text for a number of Urdu and Persian works nobody has re-edited since.
Connections (1)
- Monastic foundationNawal Kishore Press
Nawal Kishore founded his press at Lucknow in 1858, in a city the British had just sacked, and recruited the scholars left unemployed by the destruction of the nawabi establishments. Within a generation it was the largest publishing house in Asia, issuing the Qur'an and the Rāmāyana, Persian classics and Sanskrit texts from the same shop. Indian commercial publishing begins here rather than with the missionary presses.
Sources
Wikipedia, “Munshi Nawal Kishore”. The subject’s own writings where they survive, and the standard biographical literature.
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