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Prabhat Prakashan is an Indian publishing house.It was co-founded in 1958 by Shyam Sunder Agarwal. [1] They publish books in English and Hindi languages. [2] They are the first Indian publisher to bring out Hindi translations of Russian classics including the works of authors like Chekhov, Tolstoy, and Gorky.
Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd (also known as Manjul Publications) is a publishing house in Bhopal, India. It is well known for the translations of the Harry Potter novels into Hindi . [ 1 ] It was established in 1999.
Pustak Mahal Publishers is a family-owned company incorporated in 1974. [1] As of 2010 [update] , Ram Avatar Gupta is the Chairman of the company. [ 2 ] With headquarters at New Delhi, it has branches at Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Patna. [ 1 ]
In 1992, Shantilal Jain was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India, the first ever Padma award for outstanding community service through publishing. [3] Today Shantilal's eldest son Narendra Prakash Jain, widely known as 'Prakash' and his four brothers and their sons, along with their mother, Leela Jain, who is the company's ...
[8] [9] In 1980's, PPH and RPPH had jointly published Soviet Books in Hindi, with Raduga Publishers Moscow. These books were printed in Soviet Union, but carried the names and logo of these three publishing houses. [10] PPH was a major importer and distributor of Soviet books in India between 1943 and 1995. [11] [12] [13] [14]
Rupa Publications was founded in 1936 by D. Mehra and R. K. Mehra at College Street in Calcutta. [1] [2] Also a book distributor and importer, [3] The logo of the company was designed by the film maker Satyajit Ray and he asked for some books as fees for his job.
Today it is a leading name for translations in Indian publishing, and produces stories from contemporary India, unusual Indian folklore and unsung mythology, translated into English and Hindi from 21 regional Indian languages. [5] [6] [7] Katha is "exclusively devoted to translating regional Indian writers into English." [8]
Jaico was founded in 1946 by Jaman Shah as a book distribution business for U.S. paperback publishers. The company's name commemorates India's independence ("Jai" means victory in Hindi language). Jaico was India's first and only publisher of paperback books in the English language. [1]