Bijnor
Bijnor is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, IndiaIndia
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Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi
Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi (1909 – 16 October 1992) was an Indian Muslim scholar, author and a journalist, who co-founded the Nadwatul Musannifeen and served as the editor of bi-weekly newspaper Madina. He was the son of Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ans ...
.India (Republic), and Jagadish Nataranjan. Report '. Delhi: Manager of Publications], 1954. p. 205 It had its own printing press, Madina Press.
It was one of the most prominent Muslim newspapers in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces.Dhulipala, Venkat. Rallying Around the Qaum: The Muslims of the United Provinces and the Movement for Pakistan '. .l. Proquest, Umi Dissertatio, 2011. pp. 226-227 It won acceptance from the readers through its systematic arrangement of news items and high-quality calligraphy. Communicator ', Vol. 32. Shri Anjan Kumar Banerji at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, 1997. p. 17 Read across the Indian subcontinent, it played a significant role in shaping Muslim public opinion. Politically it was supportive of the
Indian National Congress
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. It opposed the continuation of princely states, particularly the
Bhopal State
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Pakistan movement
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, and published these community views.
In the early 1960s, Saeed Akhtar became ''Madina's'' editor.India News and Feature Alliance. Press and Advertisers Year Book '. New Delhi: Infa Publications, 1963. p. 154