''Sandesh'' is a leading
Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
daily newspaper that started publications in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 1923. It has the second largest readership in Gujarat as of 2019 according to the
Indian Readership Survey
The Indian Readership Survey (IRS) is the largest continuous readership research study in the world with an annual sample size exceeding 2.56 lakh (256,000) respondents. IRS collects a comprehensive range of demographic information and provides ext ...
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The paper focuses coverage on local and regional stories consequential to the various city editions in print, published from Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, and Bhuj. The newspaper was purchased from the founder in 1958 by Chimanbhai S. Patel and has since been a core business division of 'The Sandesh Limited'.
[Jeffrey, Robin]
India's Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Technology and the Indian Language Press, 1977-1999
p. 120 (2000) ("In Gujarat in the 1950s, successful business families ... acquired both the big old nationalist newspapers, ''Gujarat Samachar'', founded in 1932, and ''Sandesh'', founded in 1923.")[Fiscal 21-22 Annual Report - The Sandesh Limited]
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''Sandesh'' publishes several supplements and also prints Gujarati weekly editions and ''Sandesh International'' from Chicago, Illinois, United States.
TV channel
The paper's parent company also launched a Gujarati news channel, Sandesh News, on 24 October 2013 as adaptation to the changing news media landscape.
References
Gujarati-language newspapers published in India
Television stations in Ahmedabad
Mass media in Ahmedabad
Newspapers established in 1923
1923 establishments in India
Newspapers published in Gujarat
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