''Chetana'' ( gu, ચેતના, 'Consciousness') was a

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monthly publication, issued as an organ of the

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. The publication was established in 1954. It was printed at Arun Printing Press.India.
Press in India
'. New Delhi: Office of the Registrar of Newspapers, 1957. pp. 166, 447
The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's Who
'. Bombay: Bennett, Coleman & Co, 1961. p. 1319 ''Chetana'' had a circulation of 1,000.

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(1951- ), and Asian Socialist Conference.
Yearbook of the International Socialist Labour Movement
'. Volume I 1956-1957 London: Lincolns-Prager International Yearbook Publishing Co., Ltd, 1957. p. 270 Ishwarlal Desai was editor of ''Chetana'', and Vasant Dalal the publisher.

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