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Info on Barjorjee Nowrosjee

I am a historian working on Bombay. I would be grateful if any of your readers could throw some light on Barjorjee Nowrosjee. He was editor and proprietor of the Parsee Punch, an illustrated Anglo-Gujarati comic weekly which appeared in four sheets, published at the Apyakhatir Press. This became the Hindi Punch in 1888. A selection of cartoons, sketches and caricatures from Hindi Punch were published as a monthly, under the title Pickings from the Hindi Punch. I have consulted the issues from 1894-1910 in Bombay.
The monthly periodical had witty and critical comments on social mores, endorsed reformist ideas, supported the national movement, and caricatured important international events. It was at its best when reporting on the public health scene in Bombay. It spared no one in power and called for the urgent attention of the authorities to sanitary matters. Yet it gave praise on occasions, particularly commending the work of Indian doctors during the plague epidemic of 1896-1897.
MRIDULA RAMANNA
mridularamanna@hotmail.com

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