Hucheshwar Gurusidha Mudgal (2 September 1899, Hubli-19??) was an Indian political activist who became prominent in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association working on the Daily Negro Times[1] and Negro World.[2] Born in India, he arrived in New York City in 1920, where he stayed for seventeen years.[3]
He was educated at City College of New York and Columbia University where he gained an M.A.[4]
He returned to India in 1937 where he became a member of parliament for the Congress Party, but was forced to resign in a corruption scandal in 1951.[5] He published an article about Bal Gandharva in The Times of India in 1967.[6]
References
- ↑ The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. V: September 1922-August 1924{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of California Press(1983). ISBN 9780520058170
- ↑ H.G. Mudgal, Harlem Editor. South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)(1 February 2018).
- ↑ H.G. Mudgal, Harlem Editor. South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)(1 February 2018).
- ↑ Who's Who 1950 Parliament of India. eparlib.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat.
- ↑ How an MP was expelled for similar scandal. The Times of India(2005).
- ↑ Bal Ghandarva: The Beginning of a Career(1967).