When was the German author Franz Kafka first read in India? by whom?

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Clarification of Question by su1-ga on 21 Sep 2002 23:49 PDT

I am not aware of the first academic or book reviewer in India who
reviewed his article or book, even this informatioon if you can
provide may help.

You might possibly be able to identify the earliest article on Kafka
written by an Indian academic, book reviewer or similar.  However,
there would be no way to prove that no one else had read Kafka before
this person did. Even knowing when Kafka's books first appeared for
sale in India would not help you, because someone could have been sent
the book from Europe.

I agree with the foregoing comments that there is no way you can ever
be sure who first read Kafka in India. But what I really wanted to say
is that Kafka was not German, although he wrote in that language. He
was born in Prague, which at that time was part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire; but he is usually counted as being Czech.

if  you could even find out in which decade 1940's,1950's or 1960's
kafka became popular in india it would be helpful.i know he is quite
popular in india but when was he recieved first.reception could be in
the form of adaptations, music pieces,movies,book reviews or even his
appearance in university syllabus.i myself have been able to go back
to 1962 when an urdu short story writer intizar husain wrote
'kaya-kalp' based on kafka's 'metamorphosis'.this is important because
i am writing a postgrad thesis on kafka reception in india.i want to
compare kafka's first reception to the historical,social,and cultural
milieu of india.