''Kadambini'' was a noted

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History

Through the 1960s, under its founding editor Balkrishna Rao and later under Rajendra Awasthi, Kadambini and a few other leading publications of the time, started publishing short stories (''laghu katha'') by leading writers like

Agyeya Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator ...

, Mahadevi Verma,

Kunwar Narayan Kunwar Narayan (19 September 1927 – 15 November 2017) was a poet in Indian literature in Hindi.

and Ramanada Doshi. This in time had an important impact on the growth of short story movement ('' Nayi Kahani'') in

Hindi literature Hindi literature ( hi, हिन्दी साहित्य, translit=hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi language which have writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃś ...

. Soon, it became a prominent magazine of

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, and flourished through the 1980s, and along with magazines like ''

Dharmyug ''Dharmyug'' was a Hindi pictorial weekly published by The Times of India Group from year 1949 till 1993. History The magazine was originally published by a Dalmia press in Bombay from 1949, just after independence of India, however it incor ...

'' and ''Sarika'', allowed Hindi-language media to acquire a character of their own. The magazine also awards, the annual "Kadambini Prizes", given after on-the-spot essay and short story competitions. The last issue of Kadambini was published in September 2020.

References

External links

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