Langal Explained

Langal (Bengali for plough) was a Bengali leftist-literary magazine published from Kolkata in the early 20th century. It was edited by Kazi Nazrul Islam.^{[1] [2]}

History

Langal started publication on 16 December 1925. Langal was the second magazine edited by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the first being Dhumketu. It was the official publication of the Labour Swaraj Party. It published poems about the working class and articles on famous socialists and communists of the era. The first issue printed five thousand copies and sold them all.^[3] Rabindranath Tagore wrote a piece for magazine at the request of Kazi Nazrul Islam.^[4]

The last issue of the magazine was 21 January 1926.

In May 2001, a book on the magazine, called Nazruler Langal, was published by Nazrul Institute. It was published on Kazi Nazrul Islams's hundred birth anniversary. The author was Mohammad Nurul Huda.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Kazi Nazrul Islam and Our Struggle for Emancipation . 25 July 2020 . The Daily Star . 25 May 2019 . en.
2. Book: Das . Sisir Kumar . History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy . 2005 . Sahitya Akademi . 978-81-7201-798-9 . 81–82 . en.
3. Web site: Qayyum . Mohammad Abdul . Langal . Banglapedia . 25 July 2020.
4. Book: Das . Sisir Kumar . History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy . 2005 . Sahitya Akademi . 978-81-7201-798-9 . 82 . en.
5. News: The First Issue of "Langal" . 25 July 2020 . Daily Sun . en.