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''Doot'' or ''Paavan Hriday Doot'' is
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monthly published from
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, India since January 1911.


History

The first issue was published by German
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missionary Father Hermanus Zurhausen from the Examiner Press,
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(now Mumbai) in January 1911. The publication moved to Anand in 1926 where it is being published by Gujarati Sahitya Prakash Society. The cost of the first issue was two
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which now increased to 100 annually. The monthly published its centenary issue in December 2010, the second ever Gujarati magazine after ''
Buddhiprakash ''Buddhiprakash'' ( gu, બુદ્ધિપ્રકાશ, English: Light of Knowledge) is a Gujarati language magazine published by Gujarat Vidhya Sabha (formerly known as Gujarat Vernacular Society), Ahmedabad, India. History ''Buddhipr ...
''. The commemorative postage stamps were released in January 2011. The magazine has around 5000 subscribers.


Controversy

The February 2012 issue published image of the
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holding a can of beer and cigarette. After controversy, the publisher apologized.


See also

* Varghese Paul, an editor of ''Doot'' for 14 years *
List of Gujarati-language magazines This is a list of magazines published in the Gujarati language of India. List * ''Buddhiprakash'' * '' Chetana'' * '' Chitralekha'' * '' Dalitchetna'' * ''Dhabak'' * '' Doot'' * ''Gazalvishwa'' * ''Gujarati'' (1880–1929) * '' Jnanasudha'' ...


References

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