''Navjivan India'' (

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: India) is an Indian newspaper published by The Associated Journals Ltd who have been publishing the daily ''Navjivan'' since 1 November 1947. Prior to this, a newspaper called ''Navjivan'' was published by Indian activist and leader

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

, and The Associate Journals started publishing ''Navjivan'' with his permission. Similar to publications like the ''

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'' and ''

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'', ''Navajivan'' was also started with the intention to promote the principles of Mahatma Gandhi's

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and

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’s vision of modern India. The main objective of the newspaper was to inform and influence readers who supported the creation of democratic, liberal, and modern India. The aim of the newspaper was to speed up the propagation of the values of Gandhi: the interest in modernization, democracy, justice reform, liberal social harmony of the independence movement.

History

The newspaper, ''Navajivan,'' the de facto precursor to ''Navjivan India'' was originally founded and published by Mahatma Gandhi and

. In the early 20th century, the daily ''Navajivan'' and the Urdu newspaper ''Quami Awaz'' gave voice to the efforts of their influential leaders to create a nation that was determined to meet the world peace, scientific and logical criterion. In 1920, Navajivan also published a detailed operating procedure, outlining management of the

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, written by Mahatma Gandhi himself.

Official re-launch

In March 2016, The Associated Journals Ltd. decided to revive the media outlet in digital form. On 1 October 2016, it announced the appointment of Neelabh Mishra as the editor in chief of the National Herald Group.{{cite news, author=ANI , url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/congress-to-relaunch-national-herald-today-117061200069_1.html , title=Congress to relaunch 'National Herald' today | Business Standard News , newspaper=Business Standard India , publisher=Business-standard.com , date= 12 June 2017, accessdate=2018-08-11

References

Hindi-language newspapers