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 Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
| Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Newal | | | First Name(s) | Kishor | | | Birth Year | 1836 | | | Death Year | 1895 | | | Entry | Known as Munshi : born at Bastoi : son of Munshi Jamna Parshad, a Bhargava land owner in the Alighar district : educated at Agra College : became the most eminent of the vernacular publishers in India : was first editor and manager of the Koh-i-Nurt the oldest paper in the Panjab : to Lucknow in 1858, and, under official patronage, founded a press there, which rose to be the largest printing concern in India, employing nearly 1,000 hands : opened branches at Cawnpur and Lahore, and agencies throughout and beyond India : aimed at educating the people : for this purpose he maintained an Urdu daily newspaper, the Oudh Akhbar, and translated into Urdu numerous standard works in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit and English : published more than 4,000 different works. The Oudh Akhbar was originally a weekly, but in 1878 became a daily publication, and is still one of the leading vernacular organs in N. India. Newal Kishor attained to great wealth, and was very liberal, especially in the cause of education : helped to establish the Jubilee High School at Lucknow, and the Lyall Library at Alighar : gave large collections of books, numerous scholarships and medals, to other institutions : did much for the Dufferin Fund and his own community, building and endowing a boarding-house for Bhargava students at Agra : supported all public movements in the United Provinces, was always ready to help charitable institutions and schemes of all creeds : founded the Lucknow Paper Mills, one of the chief concerns in the United Provinces under Indian ownership and management : Hony. Magte. : Municipal Commissioner : Fellow of the Allahabad University : C.I.E., 1888 : died Feb. 19, 1895 |
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