''Langal'' (
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
for plough) was a Bengali leftist-literary magazine published from Kolkata in the early 20th century. It was edited by
Kazi Nazrul Islam.
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 Workers and Peasants Party may refer to:
* Workers and Peasants Party (Egypt)
*Workers and Peasants Party (France)
*Workers and Peasants Party (India)
* Workers' and Peasants' Party (Japan)
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The Worke ...
. 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.
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
wrote a piece for magazine at the request of Kazi Nazrul Islam.
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
.
References
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Bengali-language newspapers published in India
Defunct newspapers published in India