''Qaumi Jang'' ( ur, قومی جنگ, 'People's War') was an

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weekly newspaper published by the

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from

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. It was founded in 1942 as the Urdu edition of ''People's War''. ''Qaumi Jang'' was the central party organ in Urdu. When ''Qaumi Jang'' was launched, a number of Muslim socialist writers moved to Bombay to work at the paper.

Sajjad Zaheer Syed Sajjad Zaheer ( ur, ) (5 November 1899 – 13 September 1973) was an Indian Urdu writer, Marxist ideologue and radical revolutionary who worked in both India and Pakistan. In the pre-independence era, he was a member of the Communist Par ...

, who had recently been released from jail, shifted to Bombay to become the editor of ''Qaumi Jang''. Sibte Hassan was one of the Muslim intellectuals who came to Bombay to work as a ''Qaumi Jang'' staffer, serving as the assistant editor of the paper.

Ashraf Ali Khan Sayyid Ashraf 'Ali Khan Bahadur ( bn, আশরাফ আলী খান; before 1759 – 24 March 1770), was Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar. He was the fourth son of Mir Jafar. Life He was adopted by his aunt, Nafisat un-Nisa Begum Sahiba ...

was a member of the ''Qaumi Jang'' staff. Saadat Hasan Manto was one of the writers for ''Qaumi Jang''. Some of Manto's most notable short stories were published in ''Qaumi Jang'', such as ''Kaali Shalwar'', ''Dhuan'' and ''Bu''. Another Urdu poet,

Kaifi Azmi Kaifi Azmi (born Athar Husain Rizvi; 14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participated ...

arrived in Bombay in 1943 to begin writing for ''Qaumi Jang''. On 26 May 1945, the Government of the United Provinces issued a ban the sale and distribution of ''People's War'', ''Qaumi Jang'' and ''Lok Yudh'' under the Defence of India Rules, citing that the newspapers had published to many biased reports. After the end of World War II, ''Qaumi Jang'' was replaced by '' Naya Zamana'' ('New Age') as the new Urdu language central party organ.

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