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Prabuddha Bharata journal founded in Madras

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Prabuddha Bharata journal founded in Madras
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Started in Madras in July 1896 on Swami Vivekananda's encouragement, Prabuddha Bharata was an English-language journal of the Ramakrishna movement.

At Swami Vivekananda's request, four men who had known him before his 1893 departure for America launched Prabuddha Bharata in Madras in 1896: B. R. Rajam Iyer, P. Aiyasami, B. V. Kamesvara Iyer and G. G. Narasimhacharya. Rajam Iyer edited it while it came out from Madras between July 1896 and June 1898. Publication then shifted to Almora and, in 1899, to the Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati. It is said to be the longest running English journal in India.

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