Dharmyug

Dharmyug was a popular and influential Hindi pictorial weekly published by The Times of India Group from year 1949 till 1993.

History

The magazine was originally published by a Dalmia press in Bombay from 1949, just after independence of India, however it incorporated an earlier pictorial magazine Nav Yug that began in 1932. Later on when the Dalmia group divested its stake from Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. in 1948, Dharmayug remained with the Times of India group. One of its chief editors was Pandir Satyakam Vidyalankar, The magazine became popular and widely read when, in 1960, noted writer-playwright Dharmveer Bharti noted for his play, Andha Yug (1953), was appointed as its Chief Editor. The noted Hindi poet & author served as the Chief Editor for the magazine from 1960 to 1987.Dharmveer Bharti was a dedicated and widely admired editor, although was sometimes considered to have been authoritative by fellow journalists. After Bharti's death, Ganesh Mantri, a Hindi journalist, was appointed Editor, before the Times of India decided to close down the magazine in 1993.