Chintamani Ghosh

{{Short description|Indian publisher and printer (1844–1928)}}

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| birth_date = c. 1844

| birth_place = Howrah, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = 11 August 1928

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Chintamani Ghosh ({{circa|1844}}{{snd}}August 11, 1928){{cite book |author1=Subodhchandra Sengupta |author2=Anjali Basu |title=Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan|year=1960 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.454299/page/n154/mode/1up|publisher=Sahitya Samsad |page=154 |language=bn|accessdate=25 August 2021}} was an Indian publisher and printer. He founded The Indian Press, in Allahabad and started Saraswati, the first Hindi magazine, in 1900. He was considered as Caxton of the Hindi world.{{cite news |title=Chintamoni Ghosh: The unsung hero of print |url=https://www.printweek.in/news/chintamoni-ghosh-the-unsung-hero-of-print-40654 |access-date=19 August 2021 |work=Print Week}}

Life

Chintamani Ghosh was born in Howrah, West Bengal, in 1844. He received his education in Varanasi, where his father was transferred due to his job. Chintamani Ghosh started his career by joining as a government employee. In 1884, he established The Indian Press, in Allahabad. Notable magazines such as Prabasi and The Modern Review used to be printed here. He was one of the earliest promoters and publishers of Rabindranath Tagore's literary works.{{cite news |title=The man who unveiled Tagore's genius before the world {{!}} Allahabad News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/the-man-who-unveiled-tagores-genius-before-the-world/articleshow/27990774.cms |access-date=19 August 2021 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}

Ghosh died on 11 August 1928.{{cite news |title=Tagore and the Indian Press: Chintamani Babu Acted like a Friend, not a Businessman – II - Different Truths |url=https://www.differenttruths.com/travel-getaways/history-culture/people/tagore-and-the-indian-press-chintamani-babu-acted-like-a-friend-not-a-businessman-ii/ |access-date=19 August 2021 |date=17 November 2017}}

Legacy

Chintamani Ghosh was noted as Caxton of the Hindi world. In 2013, the then Indian president Pranab Mukherjee unveiled a statue of Ghosh in Allahabad.{{cite news |title=President unveils statue of Chintamani Ghosh in Allahabad |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/president-unveils-statue-of-chintamani-ghosh-in-allahabad-222053-2013-12-26 |access-date=19 August 2021 |work=India Today |language=en}}

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