Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t26.4

v2.c10.s2.t26.4

and *‘Jagaran’*. He also founded the Saraswati Press that has become an important base for Indian modern cultural development and cultivated a large number of young writers. In April 1936, he chaired the first congress of the Progressive Writers’ Association and delivered a keynote speech entitled *The Purpose of Literature*. He was elected as the first Chairman of the Progressive Writers’ Association at the congress, and he passed away on October 8, 1936.