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Book exhibition held in Srinagar in remembrance of Publisher Noor Muhammad

on Mar 07, 2022

A Book exhibition was held in Srinagar to mark the 57th death anniversary of a noted publisher of Kashmiri books, Noor Muhammad Kitab. It was held at Jawahar Nagar where people from different places and age groups participated in the event. On this occasion, the books published by Noor Muhammad were displayed. “Born in 1905, in a family associated with the book business, late Noor Muhammad Kitab joined the family business and took pains in publishing the books, particularly in the Kashmiri language.

He used to get books published from different cities of India. Before 1947, he would get books published from Lahore and after the partition, he published books mostly from Lucknow,” the organizers said in a statement. “Being fond of Kashmiri literature, he would travel to different parts of Valley to collect Kashmir’s literature from Kashmir’s Islamic scholars and poets and later on compiled them and gave them the shape of books,” the statement said. During his lifetime, the publishing house published nearly 250 books in the Kashmiri language, including the works of prominent authors like Ghulam Ahmad Mehjoor, Ahad Zargar, and Rehman Rahi.