query: the first weekly bengali newspaper samachar darpan was published by

pos: Samachar Darpan Samachar Darpan Samachar Darpan () was a Bengali weekly newspaper published by the Baptist Missionary Society and published on 23 May 1818 from the Baptist Mission Press at Serampore in the first half of the 19th century. It is considered to be the first Indian-language newspaper, although some historians contend that the Bengali weekly "Bengal Gazetti" or "Vangal Gazette" published by Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya had begun publication earlier. The success of the Bengali monthly Digdarshan encouraged the missionaries of the Baptist Missionary Society to embark on a new venture - the publication of a Bengali newspaper. The initiative was taken

pos: Samachar Darpan out a Persian edition of "Samachar Darpan" to provide better communication with the people of Upper India, which did not yet have any Indian-language newspaper. Accordingly, the Persian version called Akhbar-i-Serampur was published on 6 May 1826. The Government subsidized this newspaper with a monthly grant of 160 rupees. But after two years the publication was discontinued to lack of sufficient patronage. Samachar Darpan Samachar Darpan () was a Bengali weekly newspaper published by the Baptist Missionary Society and published on 23 May 1818 from the Baptist Mission Press at Serampore in the first half of the 19th century. It

neg: Udant Martand Udant Martand Udant Martand ("The Rising Sun") was the first Hindi language newspaper published in India. Started on 30 May 1826, from Calcutta (now Kolkata), the weekly newspaper was published every Tuesday by Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla. By the early 19th century, educational publications in Hindi had already started, thus journalism was only a matter time. By the 1820s, newspapers in several Indian languages were starting, including Bengali and Urdu; however, printing in Devanagari script was still rare. Soon after Calcutta School Book started printing, "Samachar Darpan", a Bengali journal which started in 1819, had some portions in Hindi. However,

neg: Samachar Darpan by Joshua Marshman and William Ward. At about the same time Harachandra Roy was also planning to start a Bengali newspaper from his own printing press at Chorebagan Street in Calcutta. But before he could bring out his publication, the missionaries published the first issue of "Samachar Darpan" from the Baptist Mission Press in Serampore on May 23, 1818. The newspaper was published every Saturday and was edited by John Clark Marshman. Its price was 4 "annas" per copy. It contained news, both Indian and European, collected from various sources, particular from English newspapers. It also contained brief articles on

neg: Samachar Darpan wedding, news of England, history of India and its scholarly books. It published useful information on the appointment of judges, collectors and so on. From July 1829, the newspaper began to appear in both Bengali and English; the Bengali and English sections represented translation of each other. From January 1832, the "Samachar Darpan" began to be published twice a week - on Wednesday and Saturday. The price was raised from a rupee per month to one and a half. However, as a result of the hike in postage duty, the twice a week publication was discontinued and it again became

neg: Samachar Darpan various subjects. It carried some material of educational value which made it respected and popular among the educated people. Both in typography and contents the "Samachar Darpan" maintained a fairly good standard. Its coverage of local news was certainly better than any other English or Indian language newspaper. By reprinting news and comments from other Bengali newspapers, the "Samachar Darpan" enabled its readers to have acquaintance with the different sections of the Bengali opinion. The paper covered seven main beats: news of the government officials, government circulars, news of the European countries other than Britain, new events, birth, obituary and

neg: Samachar Darpan a weekly newspaper from 8 November 1834. In December 1841, the missionaries decided to discontinue the publication that ended with the last issue of December. The official reason stated was that John Clark Marshman who was still the editor of the newspaper couldn't find sufficient time owing to other pre-occupations. But the actual reason was that the "Samachar Darpan", though very successful as a newspaper, had failed miserably in its primary objective - propagation of Christianity. Samachar Darpan had an uninterrupted career till the end of 1841, when the publication was discontinued. By 1836, the circulation had reached 400, which

neg: Media in Gujarati language 1 July 1822, the first Gujarati newspaper "Bombayna Samachar" was started by Fardunjee Marzban as a weekly business journal with 150 subscribers. In 1832, it was renamed "Bombay Samachar" and converted into biweekly. Later it became daily in 1855. In 1933, its present publisher Cama family brought it. Another Parsi, Naoroji Dorabji Chandaru started "Mumbai Vartman" in 1830. A year later was renamed "Mumbaina Halkaru Ane Vartaman" and converted into biweekly which published until 1843. Pestonji Manekji started a weekly "Jam-e-Jamshed" in 1831 which later converted in daily 1853. Several other newspapers published between 1832 and 1856: "Doorbeen", "Samachar Darpan",

neg: Indian literature number of colleges imparting science and liberal arts education sprang up in the major towns of India. "Digdarshan" (World Vision) was the first Indian language newspaper, a Bengali religious weekly started in Sehrampur by Christian missionaries. Based on the pattern of "Digdarshan", Raja Rammohan Roy brought out Bengali and Urdu weeklies like "Bangadoota" and "Mirat-ul-Akhbar". The newspaper with the greatest longevity in India is the first Gujarati newspaper- "Mumbai Samachar", established in 1822. Some of the early Hindi publications were Oodunt Martand, Banaras Akhbar, Shimla Akhbar and Samayadant Martand, the first Hindi daily. Mangaloora Samachar, published from Mangalore, was the

neg: Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya "Samachar Darpan" wrote highly of him. Apart from the few books he wrote, he published "Gangabhaktitarangini", "Lakshmicharitra", "Betal Panchabingshati", "Chanakya Sloka" and a collaborative work by Lallu Lal and Ram Mohan Roy. Apart from establishing the first Bengali book business, Bhattacharya and Roy also established the first Indian-produced newspaper, "Bangal Gazette" at Chorbagan Street (present Amar Basu Sarani), Calcutta. The "Sambad Prabhakar", and thence James Long, P. N. Bose and Swaminath Natarajan have all claimed that "Bangal Gezette" began publication in 1816, and thusly that Indian journalism commenced exclusively at the initiative of natives, rather than outsiders. However, no copies

neg: John Clark Marshman In May 1800, his parents opened two boarding schools in Serampore; these became the most popular in the area and Marshman received his education from his parents. He was part of the growing mission family, eating at the communal table and joining with other children in Mission life; as one would expect he became a fluent Bengali speaker. In April 1818, Marshman, together with his father Joshua, launched the first monthly magazine in Bengali, "Digdarshan", which focused on educative information for the youth, and very shortly thereafter the weekly news magazine "Samachar Darpan" which was one of the two first

neg: Sulabh Samachar Sulabh Samachar Sulabh Samachar (, "Sulov Somachar") was a Bengali weekly, published from Kolkata, a pioneering journalistic venture in 19th century Bengal. Keshub Chunder Sen established the Indian Reform Association on returning from England in 1870. One of the things that impressed him was the immense power of the press, particularly the daily newspaper in England. The objective of the Cheap Literature section of the Association was to disseminate useful and scientific information amongst the masses by the publication of cheap and useful tracts. "Sulabh Samachar" was started on 16 November 1870. It was priced one pice (the smallest unit

neg: Media in Gujarati language "Mombaina Kasud", "Chitranjan Darpan" and "Chabuk". The first women's magazine in Gujarati, "Streebodh" was established in 1857 by Parsi social activists. The Gujarat Vernacular Society of Ahmedabad, founded by British Magistrate Alexander Kinloch Forbes, started "Vartaman" in 1849. The society also published "Budhvar" weekly and "Buddhiprakash" magazine. Due to efforts of Forbes, "Surat Samachar", a biweekly, was introduced in Surat in 1850 which run for short period. Dinshaw Ardeshir Talyarkhan started "Gujarat Darpan" in 1863 as a biweekly. It was merged with "Gujaratmitra" in 1894 and was renamed "Gujaratmitra Gujarat Darpan". Several journal during those times were dedicated to social

neg: Sulabh Samachar the zamindari system and exploitation by the zamindars, abuses of the British administration, importance of science and scientific explanations in elementary form, diseases of the human body and their remedies, and prices of commodities, apart from general news from urban and rural areas. Sulabh Samachar Sulabh Samachar (, "Sulov Somachar") was a Bengali weekly, published from Kolkata, a pioneering journalistic venture in 19th century Bengal. Keshub Chunder Sen established the Indian Reform Association on returning from England in 1870. One of the things that impressed him was the immense power of the press, particularly the daily newspaper in England. The

neg: Bangladesh Baptist Sangha the Pakistan in 1971, the church took its current name. The current president of the BBS is Joyanto Adhikari with Milton Biswas serving as General-Secretary. One of the major contributions by the early Baptists missionaries to the development of modern Bengal in the area of linguistics and educational work. This included the development of a Bengali dictionary and grammar, the first translation of the Bible in Bengali as well as the publication "Digdarshan" and "Samachar Darpan", periodicals that represent the beginnings of the Bengali press. They also co-founded the Calcutta School Book Society in 1817 which published thousands of textbooks

neg: Fiji Samachar Fiji Samachar Fiji Samachar (Fiji News) was a Hindi language newspaper published in Fiji from 1924 to 1974. It was published in Suva by the Indian Printing and Publishing Company and its first editor was Babu Ram Singh. It started as a bi-lingual Hindi and English Monthly newspaper but from 1935 became a weekly Hindi newspaper. The editorial committee was headed by Pandit Vishnu Deo and included Pandit Ami Chandra and Pandit Gopendra Narayan Pathik, all active members of the Arya Samaj in Fiji and consequently the newspaper was seen as the mouthpiece of the Arya Samaj. In the 1930s

neg: Jaygopal Tarkalankar Jaygopal Tarkalankar Jaygopal Tarkalankar (7 October 1775 — 13 April 1846) was a Bengali writer and Sanskrit scholar. Tarkalankar was born in 1775 at Vajrapur village, Nadia district in British India. He completed his primary education from His father, "Pandit" Kebalram Tarkapanchanan. Tarkalankar went to Benaras and worked with Henry Thomas Colebrooke. He taught Colebrooke Bengali and Sanskrit and helped him translation projects. He worked under William Carey from 1805 to 1823 in Serampur where he composed "Shikshasar." Tarkalankar also worked with John Clark Marshman and published "Samachar Darpan". Immediately after its establishment of Sanskrit College in 1824 he was

neg: Harish Chandra Mitra first newspaper from Dhaka: monthly "Kavita Kushumabali"(1960). Mitra edited many newspapers; among them are monthly "Abakashranjika"(1962), weekly "Dhaka Darpan"(1963), "Kabya Prokash" (1864), "Hindu Hitoishi" (1865), and "Hindu Ranjika" (1868). Weekly "Dhaka Darpan"(1963) was the first weekly published from Dhaka. Monthly "Mitra Prokash" (1870), which is said to be one of the best periodicals published from Dhaka in the 19th century was published and edited by Harish Chandra Mitra. Harish Chandra Mitra also wrote a number of school-text books including "Saralpath" (1863), "Kavita Kaumoodi" (3 vol), "Chhatra Sakha", "Kushumlata", and "Chasitabalir Artha". Harish Chandra Mitra Harish Chandra Mitra (1837–1872) was a

neg: Samachar Darpan was much higher than any other Indian language publication. John Clark Marshman, was the official editor and the editorial staff included some of the most distinguished Bengali Hindu pundits of the time. Marshman's control over the newspaper was only nominal and he had to depend much on his editorial board. Once when the pundits took an extended leave during the Puja, Marshman had to postpone the publications as well and he apologized to the subscribers for the delay. The Government showed a favourable attitude towards the publication, because the primary objective of the publication was the propagation of Christianity. The

neg: Dramatic Performances Act appeared in "Sulav Samachar" which declared that the Calcutta National Theatrical Society would stage Nil Darpan on Saturday, 7 December. The play was a scathing exposure of the oppression of the British indigo planters of the impoverished Bengali ryots. "Sulav Samachar" in 10 by December issue of 1872 (adil), not only praised the performance but called for the creation of many more such plays which would inspire the people and make them aware of their rights. The "National Paper" of 11 December 1872 described the play as "an event of national importance." "Amrit Bazar Patrika" suggested that the play should

neg: Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay the first two issues, Bhabani Charan published an advertisement announcing Samachar Chandrika's arrival in the market in Serampore's Samachar Darpan. Harihar Dutta, the then editor of Sambad Kaumudi got back to Bhabani Charan and published an advertisement on 21 March 1822: "the Editor of the Sungbad Coumudy observing an Advertisement, inserted in the "Calcutta Journal" of the 15th instant, by one Bhobanee Churn Bunnerjee, asserting that the first 13 Nos. of the Coumudy were edited by him, deems if indispensably necessary to state, for publication, that this declaration is a wicked and malicious fabrication of falsehood... for he was no

neg: Bombay Samachar by the name of Fardoonji Murazban, was a pioneer not only of journalism in Western India but of all Gujarati printed literature. He founded the first native press in 1812 and in 1814 brought out a Gujarati Calendar, fully 6 years before the first Bengali calendar was printed and published in Calcutta. He then went on to bring out his Newspaper, the Bombay Samachar, in 1822. He must have started all his concerns in auspicious moments, for all, his press, his calendar and his paper exist to the present day in very good and flourishing condition. Respected by both the

neg: Bombay Samachar Bombay Samachar The Bombay Samachar, now Mumbai Samachar (Gujarati:મુંબઈ સમાચાર), is the oldest continuously published newspaper in India. Established in 1822 by Fardunjee Marzban, it is published in Gujarati and English. The "Bombay Samachar", Asia's oldest newspaper, was first published on the first of July 1822 and comprised three small quarto sheets. 10 inches by 8 inches, and a half sheet supplement in all containing 14 pages of printed matter. A brief description of the contents of this first issue will give an idea of what an Indian journal was in those days. The first sheet consists of advertisements, two

neg: Serampore Mission Press marked the first ever appearance of the epics in printed form, in any language. The press also published dictionaries, grammars, dialogues or colloquies, Sanskrit phrasebooks, philosophy, Hindu mythological tales, tracts, and the first ever newspaper in Bengali, the "Samachar Durpun" or the “Mirror of News”. The first number of this biweekly, bilingual (Bengali and English) paper was published in May, 1818. According to a calculation made by the missionaries themselves, a total of 2,12,000 items of print in 40 languages were issued by the press from 1800-32. Along with the mission’s own publications, the press also executed orders by the

neg: Serampore issue of the second Bengali daily, "Samachar Darpan" came out in 1818 under the editorship of Carey. At the same time, the Serampore Mission Press brought out the English daily, "A Friend of India" (precursor to "The Statesman"). Another outstanding contribution of the missionaries was the installation of India's first paper mill, at Battala, set up by John Clark Marshman (the son of Joshua and Hannah Marshman) which was powered by a steam engine. Between 1801 and 1832 the Serampore Mission Press printed 212,000 copies of books in 40 different languages. In this cultural development, the local inhabitants had only

neg: Malda district a noted personalit of the then Malda. Though the exact date of its first publications is not known, it has been assumed by the informed sources that Kusum was first published in 1890s. In 1896, Radhesh Chandra published two weekly newspapers Gourdoot and Gourbarta. In 1897 Maldaha Samachar edited by Kaliprasanna Chakrabarty began to be published. Maulavi Abdul Ganikhan published 'Malda Akhbar' in 1914. In the same year another periodical Gambhira' edited by Krishna Charan Sarkar was published. Damru, Adina and Minar—three weekly newspaper were published in 1941. The editors were Nanda Gopal Chowdhury, Akbar Munshi and Abdur Rahaman respectively.

neg: Serampore Mission Press Burmese. The original Chinese text with a translation of The Works of Confucius was published in 1809. A geographical treatise called Goladhya was published. The second edition of Sankhya Pruvuchuna Bhashya in Sanskrit was published in 1821. The Serampore missionaries decided to publish the Bengali newspaper "Samachar Durpun" to study the pulse of the public authorities. They started with ‘Dik-darshan’, a monthly magazine which received approbation. There was a bilingual (English-Bengali) and a Bengali edition. Initially the missionaries faced problems to raise money for printing. In 1795, Carey wrote to the Mission in England that the printing of 10,000 copies

neg: Nil Darpan Nil Darpan Nil Darpan (Bengali: নীল দর্পন, "The Indigo mirror") is a Bengali play written by Dinabandhu Mitra in 1858–1859. The play was published from Dhaka in 1860, under a pseudonym of the author. The play was essential to "Nil vidroha", better known as the Indigo revolt of February–March 1859 in Bengal, when farmers refused to sow indigo in their fields to protest against exploitative farming under the British Raj It was also essential to the development of theatre in Bengal and influenced Girish Chandra Ghosh, who, in 1872, would establish The National Theatre in Calcutta (Kolkata) where the first

neg: Bengali-language newspapers was founded in London and established on 21 February 1969. It is the first Bengali weekly newspaper, the first ethnic minority newspaper in Britain and the first Bengali newsweekly published outside Bangladesh. "Potrika" was established in 1997. It is published every Monday for £0.50 (or for annual subscription of £82.16). It is the only broadsheet Bengali newspaper published from the UK and follows issues relating to the British Bangladeshi community, reflecting their concerns and interests. The newspaper covers news concerning the British Bangladeshi community from the UK, Bangladesh and worldwide, including coverage of business news, sports, films, health, leisure, fashion,

neg: Sainik Samachar Akhbar, who had meanwhile shifted from Lahore to Delhi after Partition. 1950 : Publication of bi-weekly Jawan stops. 1954 : Fauji Akhbar is renamed as 'Sainik Samachar' for all its nine editions, namely English, Urdu, Roman-Hindi, Hindi, Punjabi, Gorkhali, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu. 1959 : Golden Jubilee Number is published in all the editions on completion of fifty years. 1964 : Malayalam edition starts from Delhi. 1969 : Diamond Jubilee edition published on completion of 60 years. 1971 : Bengali edition starts from Delhi . The post of Editor-in-Charge to control and supervise proliferating editions in Indian languages. 1983 :

neg: Calcutta School-Book Society eagerness and enthusiasm towards education led to the translation and printing of the Bible in Sanskrit, Bengali, Assamese and Oriya. Scholars like Mrityunjay Vidyalankar and Ramram Basu did the work with foreign language experts and alongside, the "Ramayana", "Mahabharata" and other Indian epics were skilfully translated into different languages. The Calcutta School-Book Society followed a similar path and helped Bengali prose writers achieve national and international acclaim. As a result of rise of widespread higher education, journalism became a major component of British society, with magazines like the "Magazine for Indian Youth" and newspapers like the "Samachar Darpan" (The News

neg: Asian Voice Asian Voice Asian Voice is a weekly newspaper targeted at the British Asian community. The paper originated as "New Life" in 1977, and was a pull-out section of its sister publication "Gujarat Samachar" before it was published as an independent publication. The paper and its sister publication Gujarat Samachar are distributed in print and online and they claim to distribute around 25,000 copies weekly. The publisher is Asian Business Publications Ltd. The group host the Asian Achievers Awards, Asian Voice Charity Awards and Asian Voice Political & Public Life Awards. These are supported by prominent members of the Asian community

neg: Samachar Darpan Hindus were not friendly towards the "Darpan". But as time passed their attitude changed towards the paper. Reformist and liberal Hindus, generally found in the "Samachar Darpan" a valuable ally because of its strong support in favour of social reform and education. But conflict arose when Ram Mohan Roy wrote a book under the title "The Precept of Jesus: The Guide To Peace And Happiness" where he refuted the supernaturalism of Jesus but admired his moral teachings. The missionaries not content with vindicating the excellence of their own doctrines, attacked all the Hindu shastras as unreasonable, and also abused the

neg: Indian Reform Association Association was formed to promote "the social and moral reformation of the natives of India." The comprehensive objective of the Association was to be served through five departments of activity – cheap literature, female improvement, education, temperance, and charity. The object of cheap literature was to disseminate useful scientific information amongst the masses through cheap journals and the publication of cheap and useful tracts. On 16 November 1870, the Indian Reforms Association started publishing a weekly newspaper, "Sulava Samachar" in Bengali, priced only one pice. It was the first of its kind in India in the line of journalistic venture.

neg: Samachar Darpan Hindus in very offensive terms in "Darpan" dated 14 July 1821. Doubts were expressed concerning Vedantic teaching about Maya; the teaching of Nyaya Shastra about God and creation; the dualism of Samkhya system; and the interpretation of sacrificial rites in the Mimamsa Shastra. An outraged Ram Mohan Roy, responded to the article in a forceful letter, only to find that his missive was completely ignored by the editor. Spurred by indignation and eager to counterbalance the Christian missionary propaganda Roy started his own Brahminical Magazine where he eventually published the letter. In 1826, the Government requested the missionaries to bring

neg: Faizul Latif Chowdhury Bangla, a juvenile weekly published from Dhaka. However, his literary career commenced when he started to write for the "Bangladesh Observer" and the daily "Purbadesh" in his school days, since 1973. In 1974, for a brief period, he edited the children's page of "Banglar Darpan", a Bengali weekly published from Mymensingh since 1972. Later he worked for a while (1978–80) for the weekly "Kishore Bangla", a juvenile magazine published from Dhaka. Then he worked as the Feature Editor in the "Saptahik Chitrabangla" (1981–83). Just after finishing education at the Dhaka University, Chowdhury briefly worked at the Planning Division of the

neg: Samachar Darpan Government warned the missionaries that, "extra-ordinary precautions must be used not to give the natives cause for suspicion that the paper had been devised as an engine for undermining their religious opinions." The newspaper was allowed to be circulated through the post office at one-fourth of the usual charge. The general tone of the newspaper was moderate as compared to other missionary publications. It had to be so if the newspaper was to gain some patronage from the public. The Government appreciated the usefulness of the newspaper as a medium of communication with the literate public. At the beginning, the

neg: Nil Darpan the European women in the Nil Durpan the question of shame was brought up through the episode of a woman riding on horseback with Magistrate of Zillah through the village)as well as injuring the reputation of every European in the country by calling Planter or Civilian or Soldier.The fictitious characters named Mr. Wood and Mr. Rose in the play represent the indigo planters. This also became a reason for attacking Long. Nil Darpan Nil Darpan (Bengali: নীল দর্পন, "The Indigo mirror") is a Bengali play written by Dinabandhu Mitra in 1858–1859. The play was published from Dhaka in 1860, under

neg: Media of India the Gujarati Language "Gujarat Samachar", the Malayalam language "Malayala Manorama", the Tamil language "Daily Thanthi", the Telugu language "Eenadu", the Kannada language "Vijaya Karnataka" and the Bengali language "Anandabazar Patrika". Newspaper sale in the country increased by 11.22% in 2007. By 2007, 62 of the world's best selling newspaper dailies were published in China, Japan, and India. India consumed 99 million newspaper copies as of 2007—making it the second largest market in the world for newspapers. Radio broadcasting was initiated in 1927 but became a state responsibility only in 1930. In 1937 it was given the name "All India Radio"

neg: Mymensingh various other smaller cemeteries. "Bharat Mihir" was one of the oldest newspaper ever published from Mymensingh in British India. Its publication commenced in 1875. After independence in 1971, "Habibur Rahman Sheikh" published in 1979 the first daily under the name and title "Dainik Jahan", following his decade-long trial with weekly "Banglar Darpan" which had been launched in 1972. He also published a women's monthly under the title "Chandrakash" for almost a decade. The other newspapers published from the city include "Dainik Ajker Bangladesh" and "Dainik Ajker Khabar". Newspapers published from Dhaka came by train and was available around the noon

neg: Amod (newspaper) Amod (newspaper) Amod is a Bengali weekly newspaper published in Cumilla, Bangladesh. The long-running community newspaper claims to be the oldest weekly newspaper in the country as it has been published since 5 May 1955. Mohammed Fazle Rabbi, who died 28 November 1994, was the founder editor of "Amod". Journalists who worked under him were Taheruddin Thakur, Anil Karmaker, and Mobarak Hossain Khan. The newspaper is operated by Rabbi's wife, Shamsun Nehar Rabbi, and son, Bakin Rabbi, who is the printer, publisher and editor-in-chief. Although the "Weekly Amod" has faced competition from other weeklies, Mohammed Fazle Rabbi believed his first

neg: Kalimpong which are printed in Siliguri, and "The Economic Times" and the "Hindustan Times", which are printed in Kolkata. Among other languages, Nepali, Hindi and Bengali are prominent vernacular languages used in this region. Newspapers in all these four languages are available in the Darjeeling Hills region. Of the largely circulated Nepali newspapers Himalay Darpan, Swarnabhumi and some Sikkim-based Nepali newspapers like Hamro Prajashakti and Samay Dainik are read most. The "Tibet Mirror" was the first Tibetan-language newspaper published in Kalimpong in 1925. while Himalayan Times was the first English to have come out from Kalimpong in the year 1947, it

neg: Asian Voice such as entrepreneur Manoj Nair and leading brands such as Edwardian Hotels, EY and the Funding Network. The publication also produces a number of theme based magazine supplements including Asian House and Homes, Asian Giants, Legal Matters, Global India Rich List and Healthcare. (www.abplgroup.com). Asian Voice Asian Voice is a weekly newspaper targeted at the British Asian community. The paper originated as "New Life" in 1977, and was a pull-out section of its sister publication "Gujarat Samachar" before it was published as an independent publication. The paper and its sister publication Gujarat Samachar are distributed in print and online and

neg: Gujarat Samachar December 2012, "GSTV". Gujarat Samachar Gujarat Samachar is a Gujarati language daily newspaper in India. It is a leading Gujarati newspaper in the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra with the average daily readership of 4.6 million as per Indian Readership Survey 2014. It has headquarter in Ahmedabad. It has one branch in Surat as well and distributes editions from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bhuj and New York City. The paper was founded in 1932, and acquired by Shantilal Shah (1920-c.1984) in 1952. Its first issue was published on 16 January 1932. It also launched a Gujarati

neg: Gujarat Samachar Gujarat Samachar Gujarat Samachar is a Gujarati language daily newspaper in India. It is a leading Gujarati newspaper in the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra with the average daily readership of 4.6 million as per Indian Readership Survey 2014. It has headquarter in Ahmedabad. It has one branch in Surat as well and distributes editions from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bhuj and New York City. The paper was founded in 1932, and acquired by Shantilal Shah (1920-c.1984) in 1952. Its first issue was published on 16 January 1932. It also launched a Gujarati News Channel in

neg: The Daily Ittefaq and local news. This newspaper offers a daily Bengali electronic edition on its website and an English edition aimed at a younger audience. The Daily Ittefaq The Daily Ittefaq ( "Doinik Ittefak") is a Bengali-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest newspaper, and one of the most circulated newspapers in Bangladesh. This newspaper is printed by Ittefaq Group of Publications Limited. The "Weekly Ittefaq" was first published on December 24, 1949 by Yar Mohammad Khan, its founders and publishers and also the founders and treasurers of Bangladesh Awami League. As both were actively involved politics and the

neg: Indigo revolt planters. Under this severe oppression, the farmers resorted to revolt. The Bengali middle class supported the peasants wholeheartedly. Bengali intellectual Harish Chandra Mukherjee described the plight of the poor farmer in his newspaper "The Hindu Patriot". However the articles were overshadowed by Dinabandhu Mitra, who depicted the situation in his play "Nil Darpan".His play created a huge controversy which was later banned by the East India Company to control the agitation among the Indians. The revolt started from the villages of Gobindapur and Chaugacha in Krishnanagar, Nadia district, where Bishnucharan Biswas and Digambar Biswas first led the rebellion against the

neg: Almora Almora Akhbar made much progress; The number of its customers rose from 50-60 to 1500; however, it was closed in 1917. In 1918 one of the partners purchased the Debating Club Press and named it Vindhyavasini Press. From 1922 A.D. a weekly named "Zila Samachar" began to be published. Later on it came to be called "Kumaun Kumud" and was still being published until the late 1930s. In 1893-94, Babu Devidas opened "Kumaun Printing Press" which published a weekly named "Kurmanchal Samachar". Another weekly named "Kurmanchal Mitra" was also published but it was stopped after sometime. The Prabuddha Bharata started

neg: Ilam Municipality reliable electricity than is available in the rest of Nepal. Ilam has three FM radio station namely Ilam FM (93 Mz), Nepalbani FM (94.9 MHz), Chiyabari FM (88.2 MHz) which are Community radio station and Fikkal FM (90.6 MHz). They aim to promote local culture by various programs of infotainment. "Chiyabari Daily", "Ilam Express", "Ilam Post" and "Sandakpur" are daily newspaper published from Ilam. In addition to these, several weekly newspaper like "Pawanbhumi" and "Ilam Awaj" are published in Ilam.and chulachuli darpan also The Megh Bahadur Parajuli Community Hospital in Ilam . Established in spring of 2004 community hospital in

neg: Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya Kishore is the author of various works. A Grammar in English and Bengalee Language (1816) – It was published in the "Ferris and Co. Press". It contained what was necessary to the knowledge of the English tongue, along with a translation. It was basically English Grammar in the Bengali language. It was published in a simple language for rousing interest among the fickle-minded students. It is to be noted that in the same year, another English Grammar was published in Bengali, called the "English Darpan" by Ramachandra Roy. He was the assistant pundit in the Bengali department of Fort William

neg: Fiji Samachar which most of the speakers took the view that Indians could not be expected to enlist for the army unless they were paid the same as Europeans. The "Fiji Samachar" enjoyed wide readership during the period from 1929 to 1959 when Vishnu Deo was active in politics, but lost its readers to numerous other Hindi language newspapers which began publication in the 1960s. In 1963 the newspaper was sold to S. M. Bidesi and labour problems caused it to cease publication in 1974. Fiji Samachar Fiji Samachar (Fiji News) was a Hindi language newspaper published in Fiji from 1924 to

neg: Sambad Kaumudi information. The Government viewed the newspaper with an eye of suspicion. The officials believed that the newspaper was inspired by the "Calcutta Journal" and patronized by its owner James Silk Buckingham. The Asiatic Journal, the unofficial organ of the East India Company published from London took Buckingham to task for encouraging and patronizing an Indian newspaper like the "Sambad Kaumudi" which, it thought, could serve no other purpose that to promote Indian disaffection against British rule. Sambad Kaumudi Sambad Kaumudi () was a Bengali weekly newspaper published from Kolkata in the first half of the 19th century by Ram Mohan

neg: History of printing and publishing in Dhaka medium of teaching was Bengali. This necessitated the publishing of Bengali books on medical science for the medical students. Dacca contributed much in publishing of these books than any others. The first book published from Dacca was "Formulary Book" by Aainuddin Ahmed in 1872. Many journals on it were also published from Dacca. They were -"Ayurved Sanjibani" ("আয়ুর্বেদ সঞ্জীবনী"), "Chikitsa" ("চিকিৎসা"), "Chikitsa Darpan" ("চিকিৎসা দর্পণ"), "Vishak" ("ভিষক"), "Homeopathik Anubadika" ("হোমিওপ্যাথিক অনুবাদিকা"), "Homeopathik Pracharak" ("হোমিওপ্যাথিক প্রচারক") and so on. The notable writers were Kashi Chandra Dutta, Durga Das Roy, Dwarakanath Gupta, Surya Narayan Ghosh, Hari Prasad Chakrabarty and so on. A

neg: Sambad Prabhakar Sambad Prabhakar Sambad Prabhakar (also "Sangbad Prabhakar", ) was a Bengali daily newspaper founded by Ishwar Chandra Gupta. It began as a weekly newspaper in 1831 and became a daily eight years later in 1839. It was the first Bengali daily newspaper. "Sambad Prabhakar" covered news on India and abroad and put forward its views on religion, politics, society, and literature. It was influential in the Bengali renaissance and in building public sentiment leading to the indigo revolt. "Sambad Prabhakar" was the brainchild of Ishwar Chandra Gupta. His patron was Jogendra Mohan Thakur of Pathuriaghata. It began as a weekly

neg: Sikkim local dailies and weeklies include "Hamro Prajashakti" (Nepali daily), "Himalayan Mirror" (English daily), the "Samay Dainik", "Sikkim Express" (English), "Kanchanjunga Times" (Nepali weekly), "Pragya Khabar" (Nepali weekly) and "Himali Bela". Furthermore, the state receives regional editions of national English newspapers such as "The Statesman", "The Telegraph", "The Hindu" and "The Times of India". "Himalaya Darpan", a Nepali daily published in Siliguri, is one of the leading Nepali daily newspapers in the region. The "Sikkim Herald" is an official weekly publication of the government. Online media covering Sikkim include the Nepali newspaper "Himgiri", the English news portal "Haalkhabar" and the literary

neg: Kishore Bangla Kishore Bangla Kishore Bangla () was the first juvenile weekly newspaper ever published in Bengali language. Publication of this newspaper commenced in 1977 at the behest of the Bangladesh government. It was published from the 'Observer House' and eminent journalist and editor of weekly cine-magazine the Chitrali Syed Mohammad Parvez was appointed the editor. However, writer, journalist and children's organizer Rafiqul Haque, popularly known as "Dadu bhai" was in charge as its Executive Editor. Government of Bangladesh discontinued publication of Kishore Bangla in 1983. The work team of Kishore Bangla comprised, in addition to Rafiqul Haque, writer Abdur Rahman, actor

neg: Hindustan Samachar of India, United News of India and Samachar Bharati to form the media monopoly Samachar. Hindustan Samachar Hindusthan Samachar is a multilingual news agency in India subscribed by more than 200 newspapers and almost all the news channels including Door Darshan (DD). It was set up in 1948 by S. S. Apte, offering its services in 10 languages: Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Telugu, Malayalam, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi. In 1951 the Government of Bihar subscribed to the Hindustan Samachar, followed by many states in India. All India Radio and Radio Nepal were once subscribers. A year after a state

neg: Potrika Potrika Potrika () is a British Bengali-language weekly newspaper. "Potrika" was established in 1997. It is published every Monday for £0.50 (or for annual subscription of £82.16). It is the only broadsheet Bengali newspaper published from the UK and follows issues relating to the British Bangladeshi community, reflecting their concerns and interests. The newspaper covers news concerning the British Bangladeshi community from the UK, Bangladesh and worldwide, including coverage of business news, sports, films, health, leisure, fashion, education and environment. The newspaper went under new management and adapted a new policy of leading and supporting public campaign in August 2008.

neg: Syandhan Patrika Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Pune and Kanpur. The paper's editorial line is politically and economically liberal, and it is known for its anti-establishment tone. The paper has often carried investigative reports. One of its campaigns contributed to the passage of the Right to Information Act of 2005. Syandhan Patrika Syandan Patrika () is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published from Tripura, India. It was founded and is currently managed by Subal Kumar Dey. "Syandan Patrika" was first published as a weekly newspaper on 15 August 1970. It became a daily newspaper in 1974. It has over 60

neg: Syandhan Patrika Syandhan Patrika Syandan Patrika () is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published from Tripura, India. It was founded and is currently managed by Subal Kumar Dey. "Syandan Patrika" was first published as a weekly newspaper on 15 August 1970. It became a daily newspaper in 1974. It has over 60 journalists and over 15 photo journalists in the state. The Photo Editor and Manager of Syandan Patrika is Arindam Dey, son of Subal Kumar Dey. The headquarters is in Agartala, Tripura, India, 12 km south of Agartala Airport. It also has offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Guwahati,

neg: Sambad Kaumudi Sambad Kaumudi Sambad Kaumudi () was a Bengali weekly newspaper published from Kolkata in the first half of the 19th century by Ram Mohan Roy. It was a noted pro-Reformist publication that actively campaigned for the abolition(stop) of the Sati Pratha. In the prospectus for the "Sambad Kaumudi", published in English and Bengali in November 1821, Ram Mohan appealed to his countrymen to lend him "the support and patronage of all who feel themselves interested in the moral and intellectual improvement of our countrymen". In the same prospectus, he further stated that religious, moral and political matters, domestic occurrence, foreign

neg: Hindustan Samachar Hindustan Samachar Hindusthan Samachar is a multilingual news agency in India subscribed by more than 200 newspapers and almost all the news channels including Door Darshan (DD). It was set up in 1948 by S. S. Apte, offering its services in 10 languages: Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Telugu, Malayalam, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi. In 1951 the Government of Bihar subscribed to the Hindustan Samachar, followed by many states in India. All India Radio and Radio Nepal were once subscribers. A year after a state of emergency was declared in India in 1975, Hindustan Samachar was merged with Press Trust

neg: Sainik Samachar Three more language editions 'Assamese, Kannada and Oriya' get approved by the Government. Eight language editions get temporarily suspended for lapse of printing arrangements. English and Hindi editions are published from Govt. of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi. 1984 : Platinum Jubilee Number in English and Hindi editions. 1997 : Starts printing in four colours. The weekly becomes a fortnightly. From this year, the price changes from Rs 0.50 to Rs 5 with an annual subscription of Rs 100. 2009 : Hundred years of 'Sainik Samachar'. Release of a coffee-table book "Sainik Samachar 1909-2009: Soldiering On". Sainik Samachar Sainik

neg: Girish Chandra Sen saints. Sen translated Ram Mohan Roy's "Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin" (1878), a book in Persian on Islam, into Bengali and published it in "Dharmatattwa". He wrote "Ramkrishna Paramhamser Ukti O Jiboni". Sen is also the first known translator of the works of Shakespeare in Bengali. His autobiography, "Atmajivani", was published in 1906. Initially, Sen worked at the "Dhaka Prakash" and later as an assistant editor at the "Sulava Samachar" and "Bangabandhu" and as editor and publisher of the monthly "Mahila". While still at school he wrote a book, "Banitabinodan", on the importance of women's education and "Ramakrishna Paramhangser Ukti O Jivani". Girish Chandra

neg: Fiji Samachar Vishnu Deo became the editor. The newspaper was involved in a number of controversies. In 1927, the newspaper was sued for making allegations against some Fiji Indian civil servants, with Ram Singh and Vishnu Deo being charged but the charges were withdrawn after a public apology arranged by S. B. Patel. In 1932, Deo was convicted of publishing objectionable material against the religious practices of others in the newspaper. In early 1943, the Fiji Government suspended the publication of "Fiji Samachar" for six months after it published record of the meeting of Central Indian Was Committee in November 1942, in

neg: Panga, Kirtipur of many temples, "Vihars" (Buddhist monastery) and churches too. Due to the presence of Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur, Kirtipur is also a popular area for out-of-town students and professors to rent houses and they are major contributors to the local economy. To Promote local culture Kirtipur Area has one FM radio station Radio Newa F.M. - 106.6 MHz Which is a Community radio Station.There are several weekly newspapers published from Kirtipur. They are Shahid, Kirtipur Darpan, Kirtipur Sandesh and Swornim Sandesh. Kirtipur Darpan is the first weekly paper established among them. Also there is a local television station, Kirtipur Channel.

neg: Hind Samachar 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' (Martyr Family Fund) for victims of terrorism in 1983, though a year later he himself was killed by terrorists. In all the newspaper lost 62 newspaper agents, hawkers, sub-editors and senior-sub editors to terrorists. Even today, the 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' continues to disburse funds to terrorist victims across India. In August 2009, Vijay Kumar Chopra, Editor-in- Chief of the Hind Samachar group, was elected by the Chairman of the Press Trust of India. Hind Samachar Hind Samachar is a daily Urdu newspaper that is circulated in Mumbai. It was one of the three newspaper started by the

neg: Sambad Prabhakar newspaper launched on 28 January 1831 (16 Magh 1237BS). As stated, Mr. Thakur was the backbone to this paper and his death caused the paper to close publication in 1832. In 1836, the newspaper was revived by Ishwar Chandra Gupta and appeared as a tri-weekly on August 10, 1836. The Thakurs of Pathurighata lent a helping hand to the paper again and in 1837 the "Sambad Prabhakar" became the first Bengali language daily on June 14, 1839. Sambad Prabhakar Sambad Prabhakar (also "Sangbad Prabhakar", ) was a Bengali daily newspaper founded by Ishwar Chandra Gupta. It began as a weekly

neg: Indian literature first Kannada journal. Malayala Manorama, the second oldest newspaper in Kerala was started in 1890, and was the first newspaper to be published by a joint stock company formed solely for the purpose of publishing a newspaper. The first Marathi newspaper was Darpan- a bilingual fortnightly in Englisha and Marathi, started by a professor of the Elphinstone College of Bombay. The first all Marathi journal was Mumbai Akhbar. During the early part of the 20th century, Marathi journalism played an important role in the freedom movement. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a renowned freedom fighter started two powerful journals- Kesari and Maratha.

neg: Jay Vasavada management. He served as a lecturer of marketing for three years in Commerce College affiliated with Saurashtra University. He later served as principal-in-charge. He frequently lectures at Academic Staff College, Saurashtra University. His writing career started with articles published in newspaper in Rajkot. He later joined "Gujarat Samachar" as columnist in 1996 which publishes his two weekly columns, "Anavrutta" and "Spectrometre". He writes column "Rangat Sangat" in Gujarati weekly "Abhiyaan" since 2008. He previously wrote daily column in Mumbai edition of "Mid-day". He wrote for "Anokhee", "Aarpaar" and "Gujarat" monthlies. He regularly delivers lectures across Gujarat on different subjects. He

neg: James Long (Anglican priest) the Paris Exposition of 1867 . In 1861, at the height of the Indigo revolt by the ryots in Bengal, Long received a copy of the Bengali play "Nil Darpan" (also transcribed as "Neel Darpan" or "Nil Durpan") from its author Dinabandhu Mitra, who had been one of Long's students at the CMS school on Amherst Street. The play, published anonymously the previous year in Dacca, was sympathetic to the abject condition of the ryots or labourers on indigo plantations and critical of the British land-holding class who kept the ryots in slave-like conditions. Long brought it to the notice

neg: Nil Darpan different classes of the society and between the different sections of the Government as well. James Long believed that the British mercantile community and even the Government unjustly and oppressively treated the Indigo cultivators. His view concurred with Dinabandhu Mitra who expressed his sentiments in a play entitled Nil Darpan (the original Bengali play was written by him) and published anonymously from Dhaka in 1860. Mitra sent Long a copy of the play as early as 1861. Long brought it to the notice of W. S Seton-Karr, Secretary to the Governor of Bengal and ex-President of the Indigo Commission. Seton-Karr,

neg: History of printing and publishing in Dhaka days, Mukunda Bihari became the sole owner and ran it for thirty years. "Dacca Prakash" was still published in 1959 when it had as its editor, Abdul Rashid. The first Bengali monthly periodical "Kabita Kusumabali" ("কবিতা কুসুমাবলী") of East Bengal or Dacca was published from Bangala Jantra in 1860. The editor was none other the poet, Krishna Chandra Mazumdar. But the publication of the said periodical stopped in 1860. In that very year a monthly named "Nababyabohar Sanghita" ("নবব্যবহার সংহিতা") edited by lawyer Ramchandra Bhowmick was published from Bangala Jantra. Deenabandhu Mitra's "Neel Darpan" also came out from Bangala Jantra

neg: Kalantar a four-color daily newspaper. In the autumn, Kalantar publish a festive 'Sharadiyo' edition in the book form as like as other daily newspapers in Kolkata. Kalantar Kalantar (কালান্তর) is a daily Bengali-language newspaper issued from Kolkata, India. It is the organ of the West Bengal State Council of the Communist Party of India. It was published as a weekly newspaper since 1965; 'Kalantar' converted to a daily newspaper in the late 1960s. And have a separate weekly as it is. The header of the 'Kalantar' daily was designed by the legend film maker-artist Satyajit Ray himself. Among the early editors,

neg: Vibhut Shah man) was selected by Shri Suresh Dalal as one of the best short stories in Gujarati in his compilation "Varta-Viswa" published in August 2010. During his very active writing years, Vibhutbhai also served in the judges panel of One Act Plays Competition organised by INT drama institute of Mumbai in association with the leading Gujarati newspaper Gujarat Samachar wherein amateur artists from the Gujarat colleges participated. He also wrote critical reviews of these competitions for Gujarat Samachar newspaper from 1989 to 2006. The complete list of Vibhut Shah's bibliography: Vibhut Shah Vibhut Shah (born 23 June 1933) is a contemporary

neg: Bengali literature stage was Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyaya. In 1857, the famous 'Sipahi Bidroha' (Sepoy Mutiny) took place. With the wind of it, 'Nil Bidroho' (Indigo Revolt) scattered all over then Bengal region. This Nil Bidroha lasted for more than a year (In 1859-1860). The literature world was shaken with this revolt. In the light of this revolt, a great drama was published from Dhaka in the name of 'Nil Darpan' (The Indigo Mirror). Dinabandhu Mitra was the writer of this play. Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–1873) introduced blank verse ("Amitrakshar Chhanda"), literary epics and sonnets in Bengali language. Dutt’s first epic "Tilottama Sambhab

neg: Culture of Bengal circulated Bengali newspaper in the world. It is followed by "Ananda Bazar Patrika", which has the largest circulation for a single-edition, regional language newspaper in India. Other prominent Bengali newspapers include the "Ittefaq", "Jugantor", "Samakal", "Janakantha" and "Bartaman". Major English-language newspapers in Bangladesh include "The Daily Star", "New Age", and the weekly "Holiday". "The Statesman", published from Kolkata, is the region's oldest English-language publication. Culture of Bengal The Culture of Bengal encompasses the Bengal region in the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, where the Bengali language is the official

neg: The Daily Ittefaq The Daily Ittefaq The Daily Ittefaq ( "Doinik Ittefak") is a Bengali-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest newspaper, and one of the most circulated newspapers in Bangladesh. This newspaper is printed by Ittefaq Group of Publications Limited. The "Weekly Ittefaq" was first published on December 24, 1949 by Yar Mohammad Khan, its founders and publishers and also the founders and treasurers of Bangladesh Awami League. As both were actively involved politics and the anti-Pakistan movement, they appointed Tofazzal Hossain, who was working in Kolkata at the time, as an editor of Kolkata based The Daily Ittehad,

neg: The Daily Telegram name of its hometown in 1898, becoming the "Adrian Daily Telegram", changing its name again to become "The Daily Telegram" in 1973. The "Adrian Daily Telegram" suspended publication from October 24, 1972, to January 5, 1973, because of a strike. Also, "The "Daily Telegrams"" is the single largest circulated newspaper in A&N Islands and is published daily by the Information and Publicity Division, A&N Administration. The Newspaper is circulated to all major inhabited Islands of UT. The "Dweep Samachar" is the Hindi version of the newspaper. The electronic version of the "Daily Telegram" and "Dweep Samachar" is available in http://db.and.nic.in/telegram/home.php

neg: Gram Barta Prokashika Gram Barta Prokashika Gram Barta Prokashika () is a Bengali weekly newspaper published by Kangal Harinath Majumder in April 1863. Initially, it was printed at Girish Vidyaratna Press in Kolkata. The publication was shifted to Mathuranath Press at Kumarkhali, Kushtia in 1864. Majumder was an employee of a British-owned indigo production factory. He left the job and moved to Kumarkhali, a small town in Kushtia District in present-day Bangladesh. He started teaching students and decided to publish his own newspaper. In June-July 1864, the newspaper became a fortnightly and a weekly in April-May 1871. In 1873, the Kumarkhali press was

neg: Kalantar Kalantar Kalantar (কালান্তর) is a daily Bengali-language newspaper issued from Kolkata, India. It is the organ of the West Bengal State Council of the Communist Party of India. It was published as a weekly newspaper since 1965; 'Kalantar' converted to a daily newspaper in the late 1960s. And have a separate weekly as it is. The header of the 'Kalantar' daily was designed by the legend film maker-artist Satyajit Ray himself. Among the early editors, veteran communist leader Somnath Lahiri, Bhabani Sen, Jyoti Dasgupta, Prabhat Dasgupta, Prof. Gautam Chattopadhyay were there. From the single-color edition it is now publishing as

neg: Pransakha Vivekananda Pransakha Vivekananda Pransakha Vivekananda (2015) is a Bengali biographical novel written by Ranjan Bandyopadhyay. The book has 3 volumes. It was at the first position in "Anandabazar Patrika"'s ten weekly popular books' list in October 2015. The novel is based on the life of Swami Vivekananda. The books presents the eventful life of Vivekananda to the readers in form of a story, and not a mere biography. The writing was started publishing in Bengal newspaper "Sangbad Pratidin"' weekly supplementary "Chhuti" and it continued for 2 and a half years. It was published in a bokk format by Patra Bharati in

neg: Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan history written in easy flowing Bengali language was published and it immediately established Vidybhusan as a writer. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar proposed the publication of a weekly newspaper "Somprakash" partly with the objective of providing employment for a deaf scholar. The newspaper hit the stands in 1858 but the deaf scholar never joined it. The entire responsibility of editing and publishing the newspaper vested in Vidyabhusan. At that time, Bengali newspapers such as "Sambad Prabhakar" and "Sambad Bhaskar" were 'defiling the moral environment in Bengal'. With its dignified tastes, lucid language and fearless criticism, "Somprakash" occupied the top position in the

neg: Sainik Samachar Sainik Samachar Sainik Samachar is a journal about the India's Armed Forces. The journal is published every fortnight in thirteen languages including English on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. "Sainik Samachar" traces its descendants from the magazine "Fauji Akhbar" that started its publication on 2 January 1909. The first issue was published in Urdu and Roman Urdu. It was published from Allahabad. It was felt that a journal for the Armed Forces must be published for the Defence Services and among the British Raj officials as well. The cover of the first issue, dated 2 January

neg: Media in Gujarati language in 1980s. "Sandesh" was headed by Chimanbhai Patel from 1958 who introduced weekly supplements in Gujarat. Pradyumna Mehta published monthly "Hindustan Patrika" in Chicago from 1977 to 1981 for Gujarati diaspora. Other monthlies abroad were "Gujarat Vartaman" and "Bharat Sandesh" both based in Chicago and stopped in 1980s. "Gujarati Samachar" based in New York City was published also. Bhupat Vadodaria established Sambhaav media group in 1986 which publishes evening tabloid "Sambhaav Metro" in Ahmedabad. It also publishes "Abhiyaan", a socio-political weekly. "Sambhaav" was the first media group to enter in online media in Gujarat. "Divya Bhaskar" was introduced in 2003

neg: Jagat Darpan weeklies with 12K copies. The group's pre-launch door-to-door twin-contact launch program has been recognised as an Orbit shifting innovation. It has won Business Process Innovation award by Marico Foundation, and is a case study in several B-schools including Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat and SVNIT. The case study reveals, Jagat Darpan become most popular among all other Gujarati news papers because of its erotic news and relationship related column. "Jagat Darpan" is the largest circulated daily of Gujarat as per ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulation) and has the most editions by any newspaper in Gujarat. It is published from

neg: Jaladhar Sen shifted to Calcutta to explore a new profession - journalism. Jaladhar joined বঙ্গবাসী (Bangabasi - a weekly news paper) as an editorial help. Then he joined হিতবাদী (Hitabadi - a weekly news paper) as an editor and continued till 1907. He left Calcutta for a brief period and worked in the estate of Zamindar of Santosh in Tangail, Bangladesh firstly as a home tutor, and then as manager (দেওয়ান). Here he had written his travelogue to Himalayas. In 1911 he came back to Calcutta and joined a Government funded Bengali daily সুলভ সমাচার ("Sulabh Samachar") as editor. In 1913 he

neg: The Azad The Azad The Azad () was a Bengali-language daily newspaper published from 1936 to 1992. "The Azad" became Dhaka's first daily newspaper. The newspaper, while based in Dhaka, played an important role during the Bengali Language Movement for its advocacy of Bengali. The newspaper was founded in Kolkata on 31 October 1936. The first editor of the daily was Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan. In its early days, the daily supported the Muslim League in both Bengal and Assam languages. In the 1940s, the editor was Mohammad Modabber; he published "The Azad" with his son. Mohammed Sadrul Anam Khan and Nazir

neg: Hind Samachar Hind Samachar Hind Samachar is a daily Urdu newspaper that is circulated in Mumbai. It was one of the three newspaper started by the Punjab Kesari Group back in 1948. Combined these three newspapers have combined circulation of 975,000 copies on weekdays and 1.05 million copies on weekends. The head office is located in Civil Lines in Mumbai, and the newspaper is printed from Jalandhar, Ambala and Jammu. At the height of Punjab insurgency in the 1980s, founder Jagat Narain, who opposed terrorism was killed by terrorists in 1981, his son Ramesh Chander, an editor of the paper formed a

neg: Gram Barta Prokashika donated to Majumder by its owner, Mathuranath Maitreya. Maitreya was the father of historian Akshay Kumar Maitreya. The writer Mir Mosharraf Hossain wrote part of his classic novel Bishad Shindhu inside the press building. The novel and Lalon's songs were first published here. Government of Bangladesh allocated a budget of Tk 6 crore to build a museum to preserve the press. Gram Barta Prokashika Gram Barta Prokashika () is a Bengali weekly newspaper published by Kangal Harinath Majumder in April 1863. Initially, it was printed at Girish Vidyaratna Press in Kolkata. The publication was shifted to Mathuranath Press at Kumarkhali,

neg: Chandauli chillies, cumin seeds. Sweet boondies (made form bengal gram flour and fried in ghee) with along curd is preferred by people. The preferred sweet in this region is chena made form milk (after souring milk- paneer is extracted and then chena is prepared). Jalebies (made form gram flour) along with condensed milk is also favorite among people in this region. Gaon Giraw is the first weekly and first daily Hindi newspaper of the district. Shridhar Dwivedi is the founder of this publication group. Chandauli Samachar is the first and only district informations based online news portal. You can log on

neg: The Times of India The Times of India The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India). It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, albeit under different names since its first edition published in 1838. It is also the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation after the "Bombay Samachar". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called "The Times of India" "the leading

neg: Media of India 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hicky. Other newspapers such as "The India Gazette", "The Calcutta Gazette", "The Madras Courier" (1785), and "The Bombay Herald"(1789) soon followed. These newspapers carried news of the areas under the British rule. The "Bombay Samachar", founded in 1822 and printed in Gujarati is the oldest newspaper in Asia still in print. On May 30, 1826 "Udant Martand" (The Rising Sun), the first Hindi-language newspaper published in India, started from Calcutta (now Kolkata), published every Tuesday by Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla. Currently India publishes about 1,000 Hindi Dailies that have a total circulation

neg: Bengali-language newspapers education and environment. Bengali-language newspapers Robert Knight's papers promoted Indian self-rule and often criticized the policies of the British Raj. Daily Qaumi Bandhan (; lit. "national unity") was a Bengali language newspaper published in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It has the reputation of being the only main Bengali newspaper in the country that catered specifically to the large Bengali community in Pakistan. Founded in the 1940s, the newspaper was discontinued decades later due to financial reasons. It was based in the Chittagong Colony, a Bengali neighbourhood in Karachi. Akhon Samoy () is a Bengali-language newspaper published from New York, United States

neg: Bengali-language newspapers Bengali-language newspapers Robert Knight's papers promoted Indian self-rule and often criticized the policies of the British Raj. Daily Qaumi Bandhan (; lit. "national unity") was a Bengali language newspaper published in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It has the reputation of being the only main Bengali newspaper in the country that catered specifically to the large Bengali community in Pakistan. Founded in the 1940s, the newspaper was discontinued decades later due to financial reasons. It was based in the Chittagong Colony, a Bengali neighbourhood in Karachi. Akhon Samoy () is a Bengali-language newspaper published from New York, United States since 2000. "Janomot"

neg: Sundari Mohan Das refusing to compromise with what he felt to be wrong. It was about the same period that his book "Municipal Darpan" was written and published. It was written in simple Bengali, in a dialogue form for educating the citizen of Calcutta on matters relating to public health. Sundarimohan had been one of the leaders in the great Swadeshi Movement of Bengali (1905-1910). He had composed a number of inspiring songs on the boycotting of British goods and British education, etc. He led processions on such issues and took an active part in organizing "National Education", particularly on technical and medical

neg: Kumar Pradhan Histories of Literature Series. His work, Pahilo Pahar, was awarded the Bhanubhakta Puraskar in 1983 by the Nepali Academy instituted by the Government of West Bengal. He received the Nepali Sahitya Sammelan Puraskar in 2002, and the Aam Smriti Puraskar, an award given every three years for contributions to the Nepali language and literature, instituted by Nepali Sahitya Parishad in 2003. He was retired in 1996 and took the charge of the editor in his Nepali vernacular daily ‘Sunchari Samachar’. He also took the charge of the editor of nepali daily ‘Himalaya Darpan’ when Sunchari was closed on 26 January

neg: Ramanlal Soni served as a member of legislative assembly of Bombay state from 1952 to 1957. He died on September 20, 2006 at Ahmedabad. He wrote original as well as translated and adapted children's literature. He wrote stories, poems, rhymes, plays and biographies for them. Many of his stories and poems were published in Zagmag column of Gujarat Samachar in 1990s. His autobiography titled "Rakh nu Pankhi" was published in 1999. He translated Bengali literature in Gujarati. Some notable works include "Gora", "Chokher Bali", "Rajarshi" by Rabindranath Tagore; "Shrikant" by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. He also translated works of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay and Ishwar