Awadh Punch

*Awadh Punch*
	Cover page, 1878
Categories	Satire, comedy
Frequency	Weekly
Founder	Sajjad Husain
Founded	1877
Final issue	1937
Country	India
Based in	Lucknow
Language	Urdu

The Awadh Punch (or Oudh Punch) was an Urdu satirical weekly published from Lucknow, India from 1877 to 1937,^[1] It was launched on Jan 16, 1877 and was founded and edited by Munshi Sajjad Husain.^[2] It was modeled on Punch, a London-based weekly magazine from which it also derived its name.^[3] Some of its notable contributors were Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar, Syed Mohammad Azad, Tribhavan Nath Hijr, Machchu Baig Sitam Zareef, Javala Prashad Barq, Ahmed Ali Shauq Qidvai and Akbar Allahabadi.^[2] The paper was one of the first to publish political satire, especially protesting British rule, in India.^[4]^[5] It had to be closed down in 1912 but was revived in 1916 and it continued till, at least, Dec 1937. ^[2] The third and last attempt to revive it was published by Ahmad Jamal Pasha in 1959 and closed in 1962.^[6]

References

^ Wheeler, Ryan (25 November 2014). "Urdu Punch". Houghton Library Blog. Harvard University. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Parekh, Rauf (2019-08-27). "Literary Notes: Oudh Punch: the social, political, linguistic and literary stance". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
^ Dubrow, Jennifer (2011). From newspaper sketch to "novel": The writing and reception of "Fasana-e Azad" in North India, 1878–1880 (PhD thesis). Departments of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago. p. vi.
^ Hasan, Mushirul (6 April 2003). "Political satire in modern India". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 February 2018.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Dubrow, Jennifer (October 2018). "Chapter 1 : Printing the Cosmopolis". Cosmopolitan Dreams: The Making of Modern Urdu Literary Culture in Colonial South Asia. University of Hawaii Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8248-7270-0 – via De Gruyter. (subscription required)
^ "Awadh Punch Shumaara Number-001".

[1] Wheeler, Ryan (25 November 2014). "Urdu Punch". Houghton Library Blog. Harvard University. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[dawn-2] Parekh, Rauf (2019-08-27). "Literary Notes: Oudh Punch: the social, political, linguistic and literary stance". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-12-18.

[3] Dubrow, Jennifer (2011). From newspaper sketch to "novel": The writing and reception of "Fasana-e Azad" in North India, 1878–1880 (PhD thesis). Departments of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago. p. vi.

[4] Hasan, Mushirul (6 April 2003). "Political satire in modern India". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 February 2018.^{[dead link‍]}

[Dubrow2018-5] Dubrow, Jennifer (October 2018). "Chapter 1 : Printing the Cosmopolis". Cosmopolitan Dreams: The Making of Modern Urdu Literary Culture in Colonial South Asia. University of Hawaii Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8248-7270-0 – via De Gruyter. (subscription required)

[6] "Awadh Punch Shumaara Number-001".

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