''The Muslim Bharat'' ( bn, মোসলেম ভারত) was a historic literary journal that published from Kolkata in the early 20th century. It published works by notable Bengali authors and poets; such as Abanindranath Tagore,

Kalidas Roy Kalidas Roy (1889–1975) was a poet of the Tagore era of Bengali literature and a teacher. He was born in Karui village of Bardhaman (now Purba Bardhaman district) at West Bengal in a Vaidya (Baidya) family and was from the family lineage of th ...

Kaikobad Kazem Ali Quereshi ( – 21 July 1951), known by his pen-name Kaykobad, was a Bengali poet. Nikhil Bharat Sahitya Sangha titled him ''"Kavyabhusan"'', ''"Vidyabhusan"'' and ''"Sahityaratna"''. Early life and education Kaykobad was born in Agla ...

, Qazi Imdadul Haq,

Kazi Abdul Wadud Kazi Abdul Wadud (26 April 1894 - 19 May 1970) was a Bengali people, Bengali essayist, prominent critic, dramatist and biographer. He was born into a lower-middle-class family, in larger Faridpur (present) Rajbari, Pangsha. His father's name was K ...

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, Mohitlal Majumdar, Mohammad Barkatullah,

Satyendranath Dutta Satyendranath Dutta (also spelt Satyendranath Datta or Satyendra Nath Dutta; bn, সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত) (1882 – 25 June 1922), a Bengali poet, is considered the "wizard of rhymes" (or 'ছন্দের জা ...

Sheikh Fazlul Karim Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936; bn, শেখ ফজলুল করিম), also known by his daak naam Mona ( bn, মোনা), was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Lalmonirhat. Early life and education Sheikh Fazlul Karim was ...

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Syed Emdad Ali Syed Emdad Ali (1875–1956), was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Munshiganj District, Bengal, now in Bangladesh. He was against the use of highly Sanskritised vocabulary in Bangla as well as the unnecessary use of Persian and Arabic wor ...

History

The Muslim Bharat started publication from Kolkata in 1920 as a literary magazine. The founding editor of the magazine was

Mohammad Mozammel Huq Mohammad Mozammel Huq (1860–1933) was an Indian Bengali-language poet, novelist, magistrate and educationist. His writings were said to have been inspired by a "Muslim renaissance". Early life and education Mohammad Mozammel Huq was born in ...

. Huq's son, Afzalul Huq, was the managing editor of the magazine. Despite having Muslim in the title, the magazine had a secular policy and featured a line by Rabindranath Tagore on its front page. The magazine also published works by non-Muslim authors. The magazine kept Kazi Nazrul Islam on a retainer and published many of his early works including his first novel, Bandhan-Hara. His famous poem Birodhi was published in 1921.

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