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{{Short description|Indian bi-lingual newspaper}}
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'''''The Bombay Durpun''''', commonly known as '''''Bombay Durpun''''', '''''Durpun''''' or '''''Darpan''''', was a [[bilingual]] language<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ranganathan |first1=Murali |title=How an Anglo-Gujarati newspaper kept publishing through the Bombay plague and into the 1980s |url=https://scroll.in/article/971548/how-an-anglo-gujarati-newspaper-kept-publishing-through-the-bombay-plague-and-into-the-1980s |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> newspaper published in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] from 1832 to 1840.<ref name=a/> It was founded by [[Balshastri Jambhekar]], a social reformer regarded as the Father of Marathi journalism. It was the first Marathi newspaper and the first issue was published on January 6, 1832. The founding date of the ''Bombay Durpun'', January 6, is celebrated as Marathi Journalist Day in [[Maharashtra]] to commemorate that day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra celebrates Marathi Journalism day |url=https://newsonair.gov.in/News?title=Maharashtra-celebrates-Marathi-Journalism-day&id=407418 |publisher=[[All India Radio|News On AIR]] |date=January 6, 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
It was established in January 1832. Initially, the newspaper was published fortnightly, but later it was made weekly. At that time, this issue was published in both Marathi and English. The newspaper used to have two columns, one in English and one in [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. The column used to be written and printed in Marathi so that the [[Marathi people]] could understand what was happening in the country. So that the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British]] could understand what was written in the newspaper, the second column was written in English. Despite the constant attention of the British power, the newspaper ''Darpan'' ran for eight and a half years. Its last issue was published in July 1840.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhage |first1=Prajwal |title=पत्रकार दिन : कोण आहेत बाळशास्त्री जांभेकर ज्यांनी महाराष्ट्राला पहिलं वृत्तपत्र दिलं ? जाणून घ्या 'दर्पण' वृत्तपत्राचे वैशिष्ट्य |url=https://www.tv9marathi.com/specials/darpandin-patrakar-din-know-about-balshastri-jambhekar-and-darpan-newspaper-609754.html |publisher=TV9 Marathi |date=January 6, 2022 |language=Marathi}}</ref>

As the concept of a newspaper was not rooted in the common people then, ''Darpan'' did not get a large number of subscribers initially.<ref>{{cite news |title='दर्पण'कार बाळशास्त्री जांभेकर |url=https://www.mymahanagar.com/featured/the-newspaper-darpan-was-started-by-balshastri-jambhekar-on-january-6-1832/245129/ |publisher=[[Mahanagar (newspaper)|Mahanagar]] |language=Marathi}}</ref>

''The Bombay Durpun'' was published for eight years in educating and enlightening the public, at the end, the newspaper was converted into the '''''United Service Gazette and Literary Chronicle'''''. While announcing the change, the proprietors thanked their supporters and said with pride that the ''Durpun'' had not lost a single friend during its career. However, later Jambhekar launched ''Dig Durshun'', a monthly Marathi magazine.<ref name=a>{{cite book |last1=Natarajan |first1=J |title=History of Indian Journalism |publisher=[[Publications Division (India)|Publications Division]], Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=9788123026381 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1c-DwAAQBAJ&dq=The+Bombay+Durpun&pg=PT95}}</ref>

The copies of ''The Bombay Durpun'' have been preserved by the Maharashtra State Archives (archival agency of the [[Government of Maharashtra]]) in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patel |first1=Dinyar |title=India's Archives: How Did Things Get This Bad? |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/indias-archives-how-did-things-get-this-bad/ |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 22, 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Marathi-language newspapers]]
* [[Media of India]]
* [[History of journalism]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Marathi-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:1832 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Weekly newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:Defunct newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1832]]
[[Category:English-language newspapers published in Asia]]
[[Category:Bilingual newspapers]]
[[Category:Defunct weekly newspapers]]

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