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| editor = 
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| previous_editor =[[Harkisan Mehta]] (1958-1998)
| category = News magazine
| founded = 1950
| frequency = Weekly
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] <br> [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| website = [http://www.chitralekha.com ''Chitralekha'']
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'''''Chitralekha''''' is a weekly news magazine published in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref name=afaq>{{cite news|title=Chitralekha Group to launch its first women's magazine|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/3078_Chitralekha-Group-to-launch-its-first-womens-magazine|accessdate=30 July 2015|work=Afaqs|date=13 August 2001}}</ref><ref name=us>{{cite news|title='Chitralekha Gujarati' goes to the US|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/13899_Chitralekha-Gujarati-goes-to-the-US|accessdate=25 December 2016|work=Afaqs|date=16 January 2006}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=January 2019}}

==History and profile==
''Chitralekha'''s first issue was published in 1950, under the editorship of [[Vaju Kotak]].<ref name=stamp/>{{Self-published inline|date=January 2019}} The magazine is part of the Chitralekha Group from [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India.<ref name=afaq/> It is jointly published by Chitralekha and #BANNER1 & # Group.<ref name="afaq"/>

It has given rise to many prominent Gujarati columnists including [[Kanti Bhatt]], [[Chandrakant Bakshi]], [[Taarak Mehta]], and others. After the death of founding editor Vaju Kotak in 1959, Madhuri Kotak took charge of the magazine along with [[Harkisan Mehta]], who edited it till 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chitralekha.com/vajukotak/|title=Vaju Kotak}}</ref>

The Chitralekha Group publishes several other magazines, including ''Watch World'' (a niche magazine focused on Watches) and ''BTW'' (By The Way - a lifestyle magazine circulated with Chitralekha Gujarati).<ref name=afaq/>

A US edition of ''Chitralekha'' was launched in 2006 and was based in [[Maryland]].<ref name="us"/>

On 20 April 2011, the [[Indian Postal Service]] issued a [[Rupee|Rs.]] 5 commemorative [[postage stamp]] honouring ''Chitralekha''.<ref name=stamp>{{cite web|title=Chitralekha – Indian Stamp|url=https://stampx.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/chitralekha-indian-stamp/|work=stampX|accessdate=30 July 2015|date=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://indiapost.gov.in/Netscape/Stamps2011.html#1 Department of Posts 2011 Stamps], Indian Postal Service, 2011.</ref>

[[File:Vaju Kotak 2011 stamp of India.jpg|Chitralekha magazine and editor Vaju Kotak|100px]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.chitralekha.com Official website]

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