Buddhiprakash

Buddhiprakash
cover page, January 2017 Issue
Current editors
  • Madhusoodan Parekh
  • Ramesh Shah
First editor Dalpatram
Former editors
Categories Literature, sociology, politics, science
Frequency Monthly
Format Print
Publisher Gujarat Vidhya Sabha
Year founded 1850
First issue 15 May 1850 (1850-05-15)
Country India
Based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Language Gujarati
ISSN 2347-2448
OCLC number 6335883

Buddhiprakash (Gujarati: બુદ્ધિપ્રકાશ, English: Light of Knowledge) is a Gujarati language magazine published by Gujarat Vidhya Sabha (formerly known as Gujarat Vernacular Society), Ahmedabad, India.

History

Issue of 7 March 1854

Buddhiprakash was established in 1850[1] as a lithotype fortnightly. The first issue of magazine was published on 15 May 1850 from Ahmedabad. The first issue had 16 pages covering articles on 26 subjects ranging from science and technology to philosophy. It costed 1.5 Anna to readers per issue then. After one and half year of publication, it was closed.[2][3][4]

Later in April 1854, with the help of Rao Bahadur Bhogilal Pranvallabhdas and under guidance of T. B. Cartis, a principal of English school, it resumed publication by the students of high school of Ahmedabad. In 1855, on request of Alexander Kinloch Forbes, Dalpatram accepted to serve as editor of magazine. Dalpatram edited it till 1879. Later it was edited by Hiralal T. Parekh, Rasiklal Parikh, Umashankar Joshi, K. K. Shastri, Bhogilal Sandesara, Yashvant Shukla, Nagindas Parekh and Hariprasad Shastri. It is now edited by Madhusoodan Parekh and Ramesh Shah.[3][4][5]

Content

Buddhiprakash was the leading magazine in the social reform era of Gujarat in 19th century and advocated reforms in variety of fields. Apart from literature, it published contents in sociology, politics, religion, philosophy, zoology, botany, archeology, history, geography and economics. It occasionally published special issues. Dalpatram's work Dalpatpingal based on poetic metres was serialized in this magazine from 1855 to 1860.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Elisabeth Arweck; Stephen Bullivant; Lois Lee (16 March 2016). Secularity and Non-Religion. Taylor & Francis. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-134-91065-6. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Shastri, Parth (26 December 2013). "Gujarat Vernacular Society instrumental in revival of language". Times of India. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Vyas, Kishor (May 2012). Mehta, Hasit, ed. સાહિત્યિક સામાયિકો: પરંપરા અને પ્રભાવ (Gujarati Literary Megazines: Tradition and Influence) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Rannade Prakashan. pp. 48–49. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 Ramesh Dave (1996). "બુદ્ધિપ્રકાશ" [Buddhiprakash]. In Chandrakant Topiwala. ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકોશ (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) (in Gujarati). Vol. 3. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 421-422.
  5. ↑ Phiroze Vasunia (16 May 2013). The Classics and Colonial India. United kingdom: OUP Oxford. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-19-162607-4. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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