''
Anandabazar Patrika'' (
Bengali: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা, ) is an Indian Bengali-language
daily newspaper
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owned by the
ABP Group. According to the
Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1 million copies as of December 2019.
Its main competitors are ''
Bartaman'', ''
Ei Samay'', and ''
Sangbad Pratidin''.
History
A Bengali newspaper was published in 1876 in a small village of
Magura at
Jessore District in British India (now
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
) by
Tushar Kanti Ghosh and his father Sisir Kumar Ghosh. They named it ''Ananda Bazar'' after Tusharkanti's grandmother's sister Anandomayee. However, soon the newspaper died. In 1886, Ghosh published another newspaper, named after his grandmother Amritamoyee: ''
Amrita Bazar Patrika''.
Later in 1922, the ''Anandabazar Patrika'' was relaunched by proprietor Suresh Chandra Majumdar and editor Prafulla Kumar Sarkar. It was first printed on 13 March 1922 under their ownership and was against
British rule. In 1922 it first published as a four-page evening daily. The first colour printing was the features section. The internet edition of the newspaper was launched in 2001, which publishes news among the community. Also provides advertisement in the printed newspaper. In 2010,
Time Inc. entered into a license agreement with ABP Group to publish ''Fortune India'' magazine. This magazine publishes the
Fortune India 500 list every year.
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See also
* List of newspapers in India by circulation
This is a list of the top newspapers in India by circulation. These figures include both print and digital subscriptions, are compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The figures include normal print editions, branded print editions (e.g., ...
* List of newspapers in the world by circulation
References
External links
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ABP Patro Patri Advertisement
Kolkata WB
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{{Bengali-language newspaper
ABP Group
Daily newspapers published in India
Newspapers published in Kolkata
Bengali-language newspapers published in India
Newspapers established in 1922
1922 establishments in India
Newspapers owned by Patrika Group