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Marathi-language Newspapers
The Marathi language has a long history of literature and culture. The first Marathi newspaper, ''The Bombay Durpun, Darpan'', was started on 6 January 1832 by Balshastri Jambhekar. The paper was bilingual fortnightly also published in English as ''The Bombay Durpun, The Bombay Darpan'' and stopped publishing in 1840. Founded in 1881 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the daily ''Kesari (Marathi newspaper), Kesari'' was a prominent newspaper of the pre-Independence era with a large readership. It claimed to have circulation of 3500 within two years of establishment and reached up to 22,000 during 1908. Narayan Meghaji Lokhande's Marathi daily ''Deenbandhu, Din Bandhu'', which focused on social causes of labour class, was the second largest circulation in Bombay Presidency with 1650 copies a week in 1884. References {{Reflist Marathi-language newspapers, * Lists of newspapers by language, Marathi Lists of newspapers published in India, Marathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Language
Marathi (; , 𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲, , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Gujarat, Karnataka and the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and an additional official language in the state of Goa, where it is used for replies, when requests are received in Marathi. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, with 83 million speakers as of 2011. Marathi ranks 13th in the List of languages by number of native speakers, list of languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the List of languages by number of native speakers in India, third largest number of native ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
