Mahbub (or Mahboob) Alam (1863-1933) was an Indian

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

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who lived in

Gujranwala Gujranwala ( ur, , label=none; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. It is the 5th most populous city proper after Karachi, Lahore, Faisala ...

. He was a pioneer in South Asian journalism, and in 1888 he founded the daily newspaper ''Paisa Akhbar'' (Penny Newspaper), which covered political and social news.Encyclopaedia of Modern Journalism and Mass Media By M.H. Syed, p. 268

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alam, Maulvi Mahbub Indian male journalists People from Gujranwala Indian publishers (people) 1863 births 1933 deaths 19th-century Indian writers