Meerut publishing industry

Start Sun God riding on his chariot, Jwala Prakash Press, 1884

The journey of Meerut's publishing industry has been deeply concerned with the development of the modern Meerut city. About two hundred years ago, in 1806, the British founded Cantt in Meerut. This time too can be considered the beginning of the journey of modern day Meerut city. The establishment of the publishing industry in Meerut was found around the establishment of Cantt in Meerut. When the first [printing house] in Meerut was established, no evidence has been found at this time. It may be possible to know something about it during further research.

In 1849 a report related to newspapers and print outlets was published. This report was from the present Uttar Pradesh (the southern parts of the southern region). According to this report, there were 23 printing presses in Uttar Pradesh (then the Southern Northern part). Among them, 29 newspapers and magazines were printed in addition to book printing.

By 1850 there were 24 printing presses in the southern parts of the southern parts (not included in Lucknow). Among them were Agra seven, Benaras four, two in Delhi, two in Meerut, two in Lahore and one each in Bareilly, Kanpur, Indore and Shimla. In the development of Meerut's publishing industry, both Hindi and Urdu were equal partners for their mutual sisters. But in the early years Meerut Urdu was known only. In the printing presses of Meerut, up to 100 years ago most of the publications were in Urdu only. A news letter from Meerut around 1850 was a jamshaidenalality. Although this newspaper was printed in the print shop and nothing about the content of the letter is known.

The publication of the Begum Samaru, who had accepted the Christian religion of the historic town of Meerut, was a valued contribution in the development of the industry. By accepting the Christian religion of Begum Samru, Sardhana became the center of Roman Catholic missionaries. Here Christian missionaries opened a printing press around 1848. Its purpose was to contribute to the promotion of religion. In addition, his religious books were published before 1850, besides lectures and conversations of Christian clergy were raided in Persian and Devanagari.

Before the Gadar of 1857, in many parts of the country, there was an atmosphere against the British in public opinion. Books, newspapers, pamphlets, etc. published from Meerut have performed this role very well here. In 1857, Jamiluddin Hizra Sahib used to draw a letter from Meerut. He also used to edit Sadeq ul newspaper of Delhi. This newspaper also used to visit the Shahi Mahal. After the Ghadar of 1857 when the British tried to prosecute Bahadur Shah Jafar, the last king of the Mughlaya Sultanate, the mention of this newspaper has repeatedly come in. Hijr Saheb was arrested for this. They also got a lawsuit against them and they got three years in jail. The last period of 19th century: speed in publication in Hindi and Devanagari

Before the last decade of nineteenth century, the publication of Hindi in the publishing industry of the Meerut bastion was relatively less in the heart of the quote. But this has changed in the last decades of the century. In it, Pandit Gauridutt Sharma, a local resident of Arya Samaj of Dayanand Saraswati and local resident of Meerut, had a huge contribution. Pandit Gauridutt Sharma, who was dedicated to the propagation of Devanagari by being influenced by the speeches of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, gave a monthly letter 'Devnagari Gazette' in 1887 and Devanagari Pracharak in 1892. In 1894, the civil publishing house was formed and published the monthly paper Devanagar. All these letters were published in the same printing press. In addition, Pandit ji wrote the story of a novel Devarani Jethani. For the first time in 1870, its publication was done by Leitho Method in Meerut's Jainan Printing Room. Its copy is still safe in the National Library of Calcutta. Acharya Khemchandra Suman, the famous Hindi writer, said it is the first novel of Khadi Bid Hindi. Pandit ji published Bhajan and Aarti in Devnagari Gazette to promote Devanagari through his letters. His hymns were quite popular among women. Panditji was so devoted to the propagation of Devanagari that he used Jai Nagari in interactive greetings.

According to Acharya Kamamchandra Suman, the second novel, Hindi teacher, Munshi Kalyanrai wrote in 1872 with Munshi Ishwari Prasad. It was about 11 years later in 1883 in the Vidyarthi mirror of Meerut printed in the printing press. In the end of the nineteenth century, Hindi publication began to be in abundance in Meerut, the patriot district of the Khari Bid, with the efforts of these literary figures.

In the early period, most of the publishers were around the old tehsil of Meerut. Apart from this, the current Subhash Bazar (Sipat Bazaar) was also the publishing center.

In the publishing industry of Meerut, there was a huge contribution by Swami Tulsiram Swamy. He founded Swami Press in Meerut in 1885. Initially, there was a printing from Leitho method. Tulsiram was the President of Aryasamaj. He also founded the old age gate Aryasamaj. Samyavid's commentary is considered as a very authentic treatise. Apart from this, he wrote and published many books. All these books were published by the Swami Press. At that time, Swamy Press kept a lot of name in the publication of voter lists. Here voter lists from Lucknow were published. His grandson Uma Shankar Sharma told that during his grandfather's time Swamy Press used to have a huge press of his time. At that time, around 200 workers used to work there. In addition to its books and voting lists, books and other materials from many publishing houses were published in Swami Press. Tulsiram ji also took out a monthly letter called Ved Prakash for the promotion of Vedic religion. Tulsiram died at 42 years of age. Now the memories of this press are only in the interest of some meerawans.

Ghasiram MA LLB, another distinguished scholar of Aryasmas, also contributed greatly to the development of Meerut's publishing industry. He wrote several books Apart from this, Hindi has also translated some of the English language books. in present time

At present, Meerut's publishing industry has become a hub of educational publications. Although publication of such books was started in Meerut in the 20th century, but in the last phase of the 19th century, many journal journals giving topic related knowledge were published. The weekly Urdu letter was published from Meerut in the preservation of Sir William Mure (former Lieutenant Governor). It was printed in Sultan ul printing press. The material used in this paper was used by the students.

Starting almost a hundred years ago, the publishing industry of Meerut has now become mainly focused on the publication of educational books. Until independence, Meerut was the main center for the sale of educational books. At that time, there were many big book sellers in Meerut, whose main business was the book sale. They also published some books as well. Among them were Ramnath Kedarnath, Jaiprakash Nath & Company, Khairati Lal, Rastogi & Company, Rajhans Prakashan. At that time publication of educational books was mainly used by the government publication house. Books from Meerut were read in many cities of North India. There was a change in situation after independence. There was a change in the nature of Meerut's publishing industry with the initiative of Rajendra Agrawal, a student of MA Economics, Meerut College. Rajendra Agarwal first started publishing business in the name of Bharat Bharati in 1950 by Madan Mohan, the hostel of Meerut College. Later, after the college administration's objection, he took an office rent on Kachri Road. At that time, all centers of book sales and publication in Meerut were in Subhash Bazar. Out of Subhash Bazar, the publication house of that time could not even be thought of. Initially, many of the publishers tried to convince Rajendra Agrawal. Later, however, gradually all the big publishers came to Kachari Road. Now the Kachhari road is also called the publication path. At this time, on the Kachri Road, Chitra Prakashan, Nagin Publications, Pragati Prakashan, GR Batla and Sons, Bharat Bharati Prakashan, etc. have made the offices of major publications of Meerut. Today there are many big names of educational publications in Meerut. Starting just ten years ago, Arihant is the leading leader in the publication of the publishing competitive examinations. The situation is that there will hardly be any such shop in the entire country, where there are no books published from Meerut. Meerut can also be called a city of publications. There is no official count of Meerut publications, but those associated with Meerut's publishing industry believe that Meerut has about 75 small publications. People associated with the industry consider its annual turnover to be around two hundred crores. In this business, about one lakh people are employed directly and indirectly. The publishers of Meerut have worked hard to get the business into this situation.

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