''Anandabazar Patrika'' is an Indian Bengali-language
daily newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
owned by the
ABP Group. Its main competitors are ''
Bartaman
''Bartaman Patrika'' () is an Indian Bengali language, Bengali daily newspaper published from Kolkata, West Bengal, India, by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Apart from the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has three other simultaneous editions, published dail ...
'', ''
Ei Samay'', ''
Sangbad Pratidin'', "
Aajkal", "
Jago Bangla", "
ganashakti" and "
dainik Statesman".
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 and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
) by Sisir Kumar Ghosh, the father of
Tushar Kanti Ghosh. He 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. After the death of Prafulla Kumar sarkar, his son
Ashok Kumar Sarkar upgraded the magazine.
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.
See also
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List of newspapers in India by circulation
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List of newspapers in the world by circulation
References
External links
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Daily newspapers published in India
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Bengali-language newspapers published in India
Newspapers established in 1922
1922 establishments in India
Newspapers owned by Patrika Group