Munshi Nawal Kishore

Munshi Nawal Kishore
Born(1836-01-03)3 January 1836
Died19 February 1895(1895-02-19) (aged 59)
NationalityBritish Indian
Occupation(s)Book publisher, magazine editor
Known forNawal Kishore Press

Munshi Nawal Kishore (3 January 1836 – 19 February 1895) was a book publisher from India. He has been called Caxton of India. In 1858, at the age of 22, he founded the Nawal Kishore Press at Lucknow. This institution today is the oldest printing and publishing concern in Asia.[1]

  1. ^ Empire of Books, An: The Naval Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India, Ulrike Stark, Orient Blackswan, 1 June 2009