The Nagari Pracharini Sabha (Society for Promotion of Nagari), also known as Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, was an organization founded in 1893 at the Queen's College,

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for the promotion of the

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script over the more common

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'', first Hindi monthly magazine, which came out in January 1900. In 1929, Kala Parishad was transferred to Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha and given as new name

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(Indian Art Museum), which was formally opened on 3 March 1930. Dictionaries are among the many scholarly publications by the Sabha. The ''Hiṅdi-śabdasāgara'' by Śyāmasundara Dāsa was first published 1916–1928, with a new edition published 1965–1975.

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