Nagari Pracharini foundation day events from July 16
General secretary of Nagari Pracharini Sabha, Vyomesh Shukla, said that 132 years ago, on July 16, 1893, three students from Queens College—Babu Shyamsundar Das, Pandit Ramnarayan Mishra, and Thakur Shivkumar Singh, founded this timeless institution.
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"This year, we will hold celebrations for three days ," he said.
The three-day event will feature lectures by eminent thinkers, performances by leading musicians, a book exhibition, and an open mic session.
All the programmes will be held at the Aryabhasha Library of Nagari Pracharini Sabha, located in front of the Head Post Office, Vishweshwarganj, and the open mic session will be on the Sabha's open-air stage, said Shukla.
The programme will commence on July 16 with a lecture by the renowned critic and literary historian prof Purushottam Agrawal, the former head of the Indian Language Center at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and a member of the Union Public Service Commission. He is internationally recognised as an expert on medieval Nirgun literature, especially Kabir and Jayasi.
A joint book exhibition organised by Nagari Pracharini Sabha and Rajkamal Publications Group will be held for three days.
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