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{{Short description|India daily Urdu newspaper}} | |||
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{{Infobox | {{Infobox newspaper | ||
| name | | name = Hind Samachar | ||
| image | | image = Hind Samachar, Jalandhar (October 4, 2013).jpg | ||
| type | | type = Daily [[newspaper]] | ||
| format | | format = [[Broadsheet]] | ||
| | | founded = 1948 | ||
| owners | | owners = | ||
| director | | director = | ||
| language | | language = [[Urdu]] | ||
| | | political_position = [[Liberalism|Liberal]] | ||
| headquarters | | headquarters = [[Jalandhar]], India | ||
| | | sister_newspapers = {{hlist|''[[Punjab Kesari]]''|''[[Navodaya Times]]''|''[[Jagbani]]''}} | ||
| website | | website = {{URL|http://epaper.hindsamachar.in/}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Hind Samachar''''' is a daily [[Urdu]]<ref>{{Official|http://www.hindsamachar.in/}}</ref> newspaper that is circulated in [[Mumbai]]. It was one of the three | '''''Hind Samachar''''' ({{langx|ur|ہند سماچار|lit=India News|translit=Hind Samācār}}) is a daily [[Urdu]]<ref>{{Official website|http://www.hindsamachar.in/}}</ref> newspaper that is circulated in [[Mumbai]], India. It was one of the three newspapers started by the [[Punjab Kesari]] Group back in 1948. These three newspapers have a combined circulation of 975,000 copies on weekdays and 1.05 million copies on weekends. The head office is located in Civil Lines in Mumbai, and the newspaper is printed from [[Jalandhar]], [[Ambala]], and [[Jammu]].<ref>[http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct08/story7.htm "Punjab Kesari group surging ahead with ideologically and technologically sophisticated vision"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126085232/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct08/story7.htm |date=26 January 2018 }} All about Newspaper, Vol # 3, No # 4, October - December 2008.</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
At the height of [[Punjab insurgency]] in the 1980s, founder [[Jagat Narain]], who opposed terrorism was killed by terrorists in 1981, his son Ramesh Chander, an editor of the paper formed a 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' (Martyr Family Fund) for victims of terrorism in 1983, though a year later he himself was killed by terrorists. In all the newspaper lost 62 newspaper agents, hawkers, sub-editors and senior-sub editors to terrorists. Even today, the 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' continues to disburse funds to terrorist victims across India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rs 19.5 Lakh Distributed Among Terror-Hit Families |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=677423 |publisher=Outlook |date=21 March 2010 |access-date=9 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006233818/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=677423 |archive-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plea to wipe out terror |url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051128/punjab1.htm|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=28 November 2005 }}</ref> | At the height of [[Punjab insurgency]] in the 1980s, founder [[Lala Jagat Narain|Jagat Narain]], who opposed terrorism was killed by terrorists in 1981, his son Ramesh Chander, an editor of the paper formed a 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' (Martyr Family Fund) for victims of terrorism in 1983, though a year later he himself was killed by terrorists. In all the newspaper lost 62 newspaper agents, hawkers, sub-editors and senior-sub editors to terrorists. Even today, the 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' continues to disburse funds to terrorist victims across India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rs 19.5 Lakh Distributed Among Terror-Hit Families |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=677423 |publisher=Outlook |date=21 March 2010 |access-date=9 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006233818/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=677423 |archive-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plea to wipe out terror |url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051128/punjab1.htm|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=28 November 2005 }}</ref> | ||
In August 2009, [[Vijay Kumar Chopra]], Editor-in- Chief of the Hind Samachar group, was elected by the Chairman of the [[Press Trust of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=V K Chopra of Hind Samachar elected as PTI Chairman |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article10410.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 August 2009 }}</ref> | In August 2009, [[Vijay Kumar Chopra]], Editor-in- Chief of the Hind Samachar group, was elected by the Chairman of the [[Press Trust of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=V K Chopra of Hind Samachar elected as PTI Chairman |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article10410.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 August 2009 }}</ref> | ||
== Prominent columnists == | == Prominent columnists == | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.hindsamachar.in/# Official website] | * [http://www.hindsamachar.in/# Official website] | ||
[[Category:Urdu-language newspapers published in India]] | [[Category:Urdu-language newspapers published in India]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Newspapers established in 1948]] | ||
[[Category:Jalandhar]] | [[Category:Jalandhar]] | ||
[[Category:Mass media in Punjab, India]] | [[Category:Mass media in Punjab, India]] | ||
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in India]] | [[Category:Daily newspapers published in India]] | ||
[[Category:1948 establishments in India]] | [[Category:1948 establishments in India]] | ||
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Language | Urdu |
| Headquarters | Jalandhar, India |
| Website | epaper |
Hind Samachar (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a daily Urdu[1] newspaper that is circulated in Mumbai, India. It was one of the three newspapers started by the Punjab Kesari Group back in 1948. These three newspapers have a combined circulation of 975,000 copies on weekdays and 1.05 million copies on weekends. The head office is located in Civil Lines in Mumbai, and the newspaper is printed from Jalandhar, Ambala, and Jammu.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
At the height of Punjab insurgency in the 1980s, founder Jagat Narain, who opposed terrorism was killed by terrorists in 1981, his son Ramesh Chander, an editor of the paper formed a 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' (Martyr Family Fund) for victims of terrorism in 1983, though a year later he himself was killed by terrorists. In all the newspaper lost 62 newspaper agents, hawkers, sub-editors and senior-sub editors to terrorists. Even today, the 'Shaheed Parivar Fund' continues to disburse funds to terrorist victims across India.[3][4]
In August 2009, Vijay Kumar Chopra, Editor-in- Chief of the Hind Samachar group, was elected by the Chairman of the Press Trust of India.[5]
Prominent columnists[edit | edit source]
 | This section does not cite any sources. (September 2021) |
| Khushwant Singh | Shekhar Gurera (Cartoonist) |
| Kuldip Nayar | Poonam I Kaushik |
| Shanta Kumar | Vineet Narain |
| Virendra Kapur | B G Verghese |
| Balbir Punj | Mahmood Shaam |
| Karan Thapar | Kalyani Shankar |
| Manmohan Sharma | Neera Chopra |
| Menaka Gandhi | Chandermohan |
| Chander Trikha | Nerja Chaudhry |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ www
.hindsamachar .in - ↑ "Punjab Kesari group surging ahead with ideologically and technologically sophisticated vision" Archived 26 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine All about Newspaper, Vol # 3, No # 4, October - December 2008.
- ↑ "Rs 19.5 Lakh Distributed Among Terror-Hit Families". Outlook. 21 March 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ↑ "Plea to wipe out terror". The Tribune. 28 November 2005.
- ↑ "V K Chopra of Hind Samachar elected as PTI Chairman". The Hindu. 27 August 2009.