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{{short description|Indian Urdu-language newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Siasat Daily
| type = Print and Online Newspaper
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| editor = Zahid Ali Khan<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Far East and Australasia|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|year=2003|isbn=978-1-857-43133-9|volume=34|location=[[London]] & [[New York City]]|pages=485}}</ref>
| foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1949|8|15}}
| political =
| language = Hindi, Urdu, English
| website = {{Official url}}
| headquarters = Jawaharlal Nehru Road, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] 500001, India
| logo = Siasat Logo.png
| publisher = Siasat Press
}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}

'''''The Siasat Daily''''' is an Indian newspaper published by the Siasat Press based in the city of [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Press in India|publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information & Broadcasting]]|year=1978|volume=2|location=[[India]]|pages=4}}</ref> It operates the [[Hindi-Urdu]] and [[English language]] [[digital news]] website ''Siasat'' and is the publisher of the ''Siasat English Weekly'' magazine and the ''Siasat Urdu Daily'' newspaper whose editions are also available as [[electronic paper]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Siasat Daily: Latest Hyderabad News, Telangana, Entertainment, India|url=https://www.siasat.com/|access-date=2020-05-31|website=The Siasat Daily|language=en-GB}}</ref>

The editions of the paper were formerly published by the Intekhab Press.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Annual Report of the Registrar of Newspaper for India|publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information & Broadcasting]]|year=1958|volume=3|location=[[India]]|pages=93}}</ref> The Intekhab Press continues to publish editions of the ''Siasat Urdu Daily''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sameer|date=2018-05-02|title=Hamid Qadri passes away|url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/hamid-qadri-passes-away-1349486/|website=The Siasat Daily - Archive|language=en-US}}</ref> The publication has an advertising partnership with ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[Eenadu]]'' and ''Daily Hindi Milap.''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=8 August 2019|title=The Hindu, Eenadu, Daily Hindi Milap, Siasat Daily in new ad alliance for Hyderabad|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/the-hindueenadudaily-hindi-milapsiasat-daily-in-new-ad-alliance-for-hyderabad-21243.html|website=exchange4media|language=en}}</ref> It also operates the website dedicated to the writings of satirist [[Mujtaba Hussain]], who was a former columnist at ''The Siasat Daily''.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-28|title=Popular Urdu satirist Mujtaba Hussain passes away in Hyderabad|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/popular-urdu-satirist-mujtaba-hussain-passes-away-urdu-literature-humour-6430797/|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Siasat website on Mujtaba Hussain's writings">{{cite web|last=Sameer|date=11 August 2015|title=Siasat website on Mujtaba Hussain's writings|url=http://www.siasat.com/news/siasats-website-mujtaba-hussains-writings-811196/|publisher=The Siasat Daily}}</ref>

== History ==
Following the [[annexation of Hyderabad]] by the [[Republic of India]], ''The Siasat Daily'' was founded as an [[Urdu language]] newspaper by Jigar Saheb and Abid Ali Khan on 15 August 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2006|title=Education initiatives for women by The Siasat Daily|url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000147090|publisher=[[Administrative Staff College of India]]|via=[[UNESCO]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-09|title=हमारा मकसद जरूरतमंदों की खिदमत : ज़हीर उद्दीन अली खान|url=https://archive.hindi.siasat.com/news/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%a6-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-792659/|website=Hindi Siasat Archive|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The founders are described to have been [[Indian nationalists]] with the intent of "informing objectively to the population of the state, on local, national and international developments."<ref name=":0" />

The paper was contrasted with the sister publications of ''[[Hind Samachar]]'' (Urdu) and ''[[Punjab Kesari]]'' (Hindi) which were founded around the same time as the ''Siasat''. While the Hind Samachar Group had quickly expanded across and beyond [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] with editions in [[Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], working through an unified newsroom with "[[Dickensian]] discipline", the ''Siasat'' is described to have been on a "civilising mission", had a "friendly and family like" newsroom with minimal profit motives and exempt of the reliance on advertisements. The paper would continue to rely only on Urdu editions without expanding into regions beyond Hyderabad or to other more profitable languages until much later. Despite this, between 1976–1996 the daily circulation of the publication's editions had reportedly increased by 330% from approximately 10,000 to 44,000.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Jeffery|first=Robin|date=29 March 1997|title=Urdu: Waiting for Citizen Kane?|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=32|issue=13|pages=633|jstor=4405219}}</ref> {{As of|2011}}, the paper has continued to uninterruptedly use the format of [[wall newspaper]]s to publicise its editions in the city of Hyderabad since the day of first publication.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Ifthekhar|first=J. S.|date=2011-12-06|title=Wall newspaper has come to stay|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/wall-newspaper-has-come-to-stay/article2691818.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602102615/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/wall-newspaper-has-come-to-stay/article2691818.ece|archive-date=2020-06-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In 1998, the paper launched its own digital website.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Advani|first=A. H.|date=1999|title=Media|page=132|work=[[Business India]]|issue=544–549}}</ref> It was reported to have been among the first newspapers to adopt [[E-Paper|e-paper]] formats along with the likes of ''[[Dinamalar]]'' (Tamil), ''[[Andhra Jyothi]]'' (Telugu), ''[[Lokmat]]'' (Marathi), etc.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sarkar|first=C.|date=2006|title=Web Editions Versus Electronic Newspapers|journal=Vidura|publisher=[[Press Institute of India]]|volume=42|pages=24}}</ref> According to the [[Indian Readership Survey|National Readership Survey]] in 2003, the publication had a total readership of approximately 326,000.<ref name=":0" /> While according to the [[Registrar of Newspapers for India]], the print circulation of the paper was reduced to 25,732 by 2004.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mass Media in India|publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information & Broadcasting]]|year=2004|isbn=978-8-123-02338-0|location=[[India]]|chapter=Media Organisations}}</ref> The 2005 ABC figures and the 2006 Registrar figures however notes the print circulation of the paper to have been 42,869 and 41,597 respectively.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mohan|first=Ravi|title=Public Relations|publisher=VAK|year=2006|isbn=9-788-1-8143595-8|location=New Delhi|pages=134|author-link=Shasta Ventures}}</ref> {{As of|2011|12}}, the monthly pageviews of the ''Siasat'' website was estimated to be 4.23 million.<ref name=":1" />

On 1 June 2006, ''The Siasat Daily'' entered into an advertising alliance with ''[[The Hindu]]–[[Eenadu]]'' alliance and ''Daily Hindi Milap.''<ref name=":3" /> In the subsequent years the paper launched editions in [[Bangalore]] and [[Hubli]] with primary investors for the expansion being the [[I Monetary Advisory]]. However due to the collapse of the investment firm, the editions were discontinued after June 2019.<ref>{{cite news|date=2019-06-26|title=How IMA, Roshan Baig played politics with Siasat and shut the Urdu daily in Bengaluru|newspaper=[[Bangalore Mirror]]|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/crime/how-ima-roshan-baig-played-politics-with-siasat-and-shut-the-urdu-daily-in-bengaluru/articleshow/69949762.cms|author1-first=S.|author1-last=Rajashekara}}</ref> Following the death of satirist and columnist Mujtaba Hussain on 27 May 2020, the publication launched a website named after him in commemoration, which features the whole body of work including correspondences, lectures, etc by the literary figure.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="Siasat website on Mujtaba Hussain's writings" />

== Editorial stance ==
The founder, Abid Ali Khan, was a former member of the [[Progressive Writers' Association]] and remained as the editors of the newspaper. He was reportedly associated with leftists causes and had [[Soviet]] sympathies, the paper as such had described itself as being [[apolitical]] but infused with a [[Progressivism|progressive]] spirit.<ref name=":2" /> ''The Siasat Dail''y is noted to have been opposed to the emergence of [[sectarian]] political formations such as the [[Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]], [[Akali Dal]] and the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sherman|first=Taylor C.|title=Muslim Belonging in Secular India|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2015|isbn=978-1-107-09507-6|location=[[United Kingdom]]|pages=145}}</ref> The paper has also been a proponent of the usage of [[Hindustani language|colloquial Hindi]] over the [[Standard language|standardised forms]] of formal Urdu or Hindi.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sherman|first=Taylor C.|title=Muslim Belonging in Secular India|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2015|isbn=978-1-107-09507-6|location=[[United Kingdom]]|pages=165}}</ref>

== Notable columnists ==

* [[Krishan Kant]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 December 2012|title=We lost an avid lover of Urdu|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/We-lost-an-avid-lover-of-Urdu/articleshow/17435494.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mujtaba Hussain]]<ref name="Siasat website on Mujtaba Hussain's writings" />

== Philanthropy ==
''The Daily Siasat'' is engaged in a number of philanthropic endeavours funded from the publication's own funds as well as through donation drives from readers; primarily focusing on improving literacy in both vernacular ([[Telugu language|Telugu]] & [[Urdu-Hindi]]) and English, especially among women.<ref name=":0" /> The publication also supports a variety of small literary trusts.<ref name=":2" /> Since 2011, it hosts the ''ru-ba-ru'' programme for prospective marriages as part of an anti–[[Dowry system in India|dowry]] drive in the [[Old City of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Asif Yar|date=2017-10-30|title='No dowry' platform brings Hyderabad marriage families together|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/301017/hyderabad-no-dowry-platform-brings-marriage-families-together.html|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Official website}}

{{Newspapers in India}}

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The Siasat Daily - Revision history

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