Bharati

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Bharati

B. de Zirkoff associates the journal with the Ladies’ Theosophical Society established at Calcutta in March 1883, describing its foundation as an outcome of that movement. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 4:xxix) A Bengali journal of the Tagore family, published in Calcutta, India, in 1877-1926. Heidelberg University Library / FID4SA dates its first issue to April 1877, which conflicts with the account of its foundation as a consequence of the Society’s establishment in 1883. (Heidelberg University / FID4SA: Bharati, 1877-1926)

About the title:

According to Aliya Halim’s account of the first issue’s preface, Dwijendranath Tagore chose the name Bhārati in the sense of education, linking it to the spread of knowledge through the Bengali language. Aliya Halim, Dialog, p. 309

Mentioned in:

• Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4) (BCW 4:xxix)

Some links:

• CTD article in Russian: Бхарати

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