Kisan Mazdoor

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Kisan Mazdoor (Urdu: کسان مزدور, 'Peasant-Worker') is an Urdu language (Hindi: किसान-मजदूर), weekly newspaper, published by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Kolkata.[1][2]

Kisan Mazdoor was founded in May 1968 as a progressive Urdu weekly, by people close to CPI(M).[3] As of 1969 it had a circulation of around 2,000.[3] Mohammed Amin, parliamentarian and West Bengal Minister of Transport, served as editor of Kisan Mazdoor 1968–1986.[4]

As of 1983 Kisan Mazdoor had its offices at Chandni Chowk, but later shifted to the CPI(M) state headquarters at Alimuddin Street.[1][5]

Around 2014 the publication claimed a circulation of 15,940.[6]

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