ABSTRACT
Though Punjabi grammar could be said to have existed in its oral form ever since the language itself came into existence (incidentally, Guru Angad himself had written a primer way back in the 16th century), the literary productions of Punjabi grammar didn’t begin until the early half of the 19th century. It was William Carey, an Englishman, who set up the first printing press in Serampore and is believed to have compiled and published the first Punjabi Grammar in 1812; and Bihari Lal Puri, the first native ever, to have published it in 1868. Some of the well-known Punjabi periodicals of this period were as follows: Pritam, started by Labh Singh in 1923, Phulwari by Giani Hira Singh Dard in 1924, Preet Lari by Gurbaksh Singh in 1933 and Panj Darya by Mohan Singh in 1939.
