Dnyanodaya monthly enters 175th year

Dnyanodaya monthly enters 175th year

CAMIL PARKHE | Wednesday, 31 May 2017 AT 11:10 PM IST

    

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Camil Parkhe, Dnyanodaya

Pune: Dnyanodaya monthly, founded and edited by American missionaries for many decades, has earned the distinction of being the longest surviving Marathi periodical. The monthly is celebrating its 175th year here on Saturday, June 3.

Dnanodaya fortnightly was founded by the American Marathi Mission’s clergy in Ahmednagar by Rev Henry Balentine, a scholar in Greek, Latin, Sanskrit and Marathi languages, on June 20, 1842.

The fortnightly was later converted into a monthly. Presently, it is published from the city and is edited by Ashok Angre.

Balentine edited the periodical from 1842 to 1845 and again from 1858 to 1865. The other American missionaries who edited the Marathi periodical for many years included Robert Wilson Hume, Dr Samuel Fairback, Dr Allen Hazen, Charles Park, Edward Hume, Robert Hume and Justine E Abbot. Shahu Daji Kukade was the first Indian editor of the periodical from 1867 to 1872. Dnyanodaya was later edited by veteran Marathi poet Narayan Waman Tilak, Devdatta Tilak and Bhaskar Pandurang Hiwale, founder of Ahmednagar College.

The history of Marathi journalism begins with ‘Darpan’ periodical, founded by Balshastri Jambhekar in 1832. Its publication was discontinued in 1840.

Senior Editor Uttam Kamble and Shripal Sabnis, President of the 81st All India Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, will attend the post-century platinum jubilee celebrations of the monthly to be held at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), Quarter Gate at 6 pm on June 3.