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Gujarat Samachar
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Lok Prakashan Limited |
| Publisher | Shreyans Shah |
| Editor | Shreyans Shah |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Headquarters | Ahmedabad, India |
| Circulation | 4,642,000 (Indian Readership Survey 2014) |
| Website | gujaratsamachar |
Gujarat Samachar is a Gujarati-language daily newspaper published in India. Its headquarters are in Ahmedabad with a branch in Surat. It is distributed from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bhuj and New York City.
The paper was founded in 1932, and acquired by Shantilal Shah (1920-c.1984) in 1952.[1][2] Its first issue was published on 16 January 1932.[3]
Television channel[edit]
It also launched a Gujarati News Channel in December 2012, GSTV.
Notable Columnist[edit]
- Ajit Popat, Veteran Journalist, writer and columnist
- Anil Chavda, poet, writer and columnist
- Bakul Tripathi, humour essayist, writer and columnist
- Hardwar Goswami, poet, writer and columnist
- Jay Vasavada, writer and columnist
- Joravarsinh Jadav, writer, folklorist and columnist
- Kumarpal Desai, author, critic, editor, journalist and columnist
- Makrand Mehta, writer, historian and columnist
- Pravin Darji, writer and columnist
- Rajesh Vyas, poet, writer and columnist
- Vinodini Nilkanth, writer, columnist and novelist
- Harshal Pushkarna, Science writer
References[edit]
- ↑ Jeffrey, Robin. India's Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Technology and the Indian Language Press, 1977–1999, p. 120 (2000) ("In Gujurat in the 1950s, successful business families ... acquired both the big old nationalist newspapers, Gujarat Samachar, founded in 1932, and Sandesh, founded in 1923.")
- ↑ Umat, Ajay (5 November 2011). Lady Luck of Gujarat Samachar passes away, Times of India
- ↑ Thaker, Mahesh (2011). Thaker, Dhirubhai (ed.). ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ [Gujarati Encyclopedia]. Vol. VI (Part 2) (2nd ed.). Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. p. 218.
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