Buddhiprakash
cover page, January 2017 Issue
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| First editor | Dalpatram |
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| Categories | Literature, sociology, politics, science |
| Frequency | Monthly |
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| Publisher | Gujarat Vidhya Sabha |
| Year founded | 1850 |
| First issue | 15 May 1850 |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Language | Gujarati |
| ISSN | 2347-2448 |
Buddhiprakash (Gujarati: બુદ્ધિપ્રકાશ, English: Light of Knowledge) is a Gujarati language magazine published by Gujarat Vidhya Sabha (formerly known as Gujarat Vernacular Society), Ahmedabad, India.
Buddhiprakash was established in 1850 as a lithotype fortnightly. The first issue of magazine was published on 15 May 1850 from Ahmedabad. The first issue had 16 pages covering articles on 26 subjects ranging from science and technology to philosophy. It costed 1.5 Anna to readers per issue then. After one and half year of publication, it was closed.
Later in April 1954, with the help of Rao Bahadur Bhogilal Pranvallabhdas and under guidance of T. B. Cartis, a principal of English school, it resumed publication by the students of high school of Ahmedabad. In 1855, on request of Alexander Kinloch Forbes, Dalpatram accepted to serve as editor of magazine. Later it was edited by Hiralal T. Parekh, Rasiklal C. Parikh, Umashankar Joshi, K. K. Shastri, Bhogilal Sandesara, Yashvant Shukla, Nagindas Parekh and Hariprasad Shastri. It is now edited by Madhusoodan Parekh and Ramesh Shah.
Buddhiprakash was the leading magazine in the social reform era of Gujarat in 19th century and advocated reforms in variety of fields. Apart from literature, it published contents in sociology, politics, religion, philosophy, zoology, botany, archeology, history, geography and economics. It occasionally published special issues. Dalpatram's work Dalpatpingal based on poetic metres was serialized in this magazine from 1855 to 1860.
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