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[[File:Front-page of an issue of 'Kirti' ("labourer"), a Communist Punjabi newspaper, March 1927 issue.jpg|thumb|Front-page of the March 1927 issue]]<br />
'''''Kirti''''' was a Punjabi monthly started by the veteran [[Ghadarite]] Santokh Singh in February 1926. It was purely a [[communist]] production, subsidized by the [[Ghadar Party]] in the United States. Within a few months, [[Sohan Singh Josh]] took over as the editor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Deepak |first=B. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUWL-2hiBTwC&q=kirti+kisan+party&pg=PA76 |title=India-China Relations in the First Half of the 20th Century |date=2001 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7648-245-5 |language=en}}</ref> In 1928, the [[Communist Party of India]] tied-Kirti group (also known as the [[Kirti Kisan Party#Formation of WPPs in Punjab and UP|Kirti Kisan Party]]) was formed, ''Kirti'' became its mouthpiece. Its purpose was to outline the basic ideas of revolution and [[Marxism|Marxist]] ideals.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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According to Santokh Singh, the word ''Kirti'' is the exact translation of the word "labourer", a person who does not have any capital and means of production and earns his living by working for others. Similarly ''Kirti Shreni'' is the class of people who do not have any capital or means of production.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grover |first=Verinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiVuAAAAMAAJ&q=sohan+singh+josh+kirti |title=The Story of Punjab, Yesterday and Today: Political History and Development with Chronology of Major Political Events |date=1995 |publisher=Deep and Deep |isbn=978-81-7100-679-3 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Bhagat Singh]] was appointed to the editorial board of ''Kirti'' and worked as a deputy editor where he wrote several articles on revolution, communism, and [[dictatorship of the proletariat]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kooner |first1=Kulwant Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gLBDAAAQBAJ&dq=bhagat+Singh+kirti&pg=PT17 |title=Martyrdom Of Shaheed Bhagat Singh |last2=Sindhra |first2=Gurpreet Singh |date=2013-02-05 |publisher=Unistar Books |isbn=978-93-5113-061-1 |language=en}}</ref> He also used ''Kirti'', the newspaper of the Kirti Kisan Party, to promulgate the [[Naujawan Bharat Sabha|Naujawan Bharat Sabha's]] message.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Shalini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3s-NAgAAQBAJ&dq=He+also+used+Kirti%2C+the+newspaper+of+the+Kirti-Kisan+Party%2C+to+promulgate+the+Sabha%27s+message&pg=PA40 |title=Radical Politics in Colonial Punjab: Governance and Sedition |date=2009-09-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-26112-2 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Communist magazines]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi-language newspapers]]<br />
[[Category:Magazines established in 1926]]<br />
[[Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States]]<br />
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