Template:Infobox magazine 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]
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- ↑ Urdu Punch. Houghton Library Blog. Harvard University(25 November 2014).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Literary Notes: Oudh Punch: the social, political, linguistic and literary stance, Parekh, Rauf. DAWN.COM(2019-08-27). Retrieved 2020-12-18.
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- ↑ Political satire in modern India. The Hindu(6 April 2003).Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
- ↑ Cosmopolitan Dreams: The Making of Modern Urdu Literary Culture in Colonial South Asia{{#if:Dubrow|, Dubrow}. University of Hawaii Press(October 2018). ISBN 978-0-8248-7270-0 Template:Subscription required