Hucheshwar Gurusidha Mudgal

Hucheshwar Gurusidha Mudgal (2 September 1899, Hubli-19??) was an Indian political activist who became prominent in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association working on the Daily Negro Times[1] and Negro World.[2] Born in India, he arrived in New York City in 1920, where he stayed for seventeen years.[3]

He was educated at City College of New York and Columbia University where he gained an M.A.[4]

He returned to India in 1937 where he became a member of parliament for the Congress Party, but was forced to resign in a corruption scandal in 1951.[5] He published an article about Bal Gandharva in The Times of India in 1967.[6]

References
  1. Hill, Robert A.; Garvey, Marcus; Association, Universal Negro Improvement (1983). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. V: September 1922-August 1924. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520058170.
  2. Manan Desai, Tizarat Gill (1 February 2018). "H.G. Mudgal, Harlem Editor". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. Desai, Manan; Gill, Tizarat (1 February 2018). "H.G. Mudgal, Harlem Editor". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. "Who's Who 1950 Parliament of India" (PDF). eparlib.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. Mitta, Manoj (2005). "How an MP was expelled for similar scandal" (13 December 2005). The Times of India. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. Mudgal, H. G. (1967). "Bal Ghandarva: The Beginning of a Career" (PDF) (30 July 1967). Times of India.
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