''Pudhari'' is a popular Marathi daily, printed in three centres and distributed in

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, Goa and North

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. It is the leader in

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and Western Maharashtra and the third-largest Marathi newspaper daily in the entire state of Maharashtra. Alongside Satyawadi, it is one of the two oldest surviving newspapers in the state.

History

''Pudhari'' was founded as a weekly in 1937 and turned daily in 1939. In 1943,

Ganpatrao Jadhav Ganpatrao Govindrao Jadhav (5 May 1908 – 20 May 1987) was an Indian freedom activist, journalist and writer. He was the founder of Pudhari, a Marathi daily founded in 1937. The Government of India awarded him the fourth-highest Indian civilian ...

became its new owner.

Pratapsinh Jadhav Dr. Pratapsinh Ganpatrao Jadhav is an Indian media person, journalist, industrialist and the editor of Pudhari Publications from the Indian state of Maharashtra. Born in Kolhapur to Ganpatrao Jadhav, journalist, freedom fighter and the founder of ...

followed in his footsteps. Journalist Palagummi Sainath has accused ''Pudhari'' of publishing paid news in 2009 on the

Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan. In 2016, ''Pudharis publisher, Pudhari Publications, invested in new colour printing and design technologies. In 2018, the editorial office of ''Pudhari'' was attacked with stones by

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protesters.

References

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