Anandabazar Patrika
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 Anandabazar Patrika |
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 Front page and middle pages of the newspaper |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Anadabazar Patrika Ltd. |
| Publisher | Ananda Publishers |
| Editor | Aveek Sarkar |
| Founded | 13 March 1922 |
| Political allegiance | Independent [1] |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, India |
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| Website: http://www.anandabazar.com | |
Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা Anôndobajar Potrika) is a Bengali language newspaper published from Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai by ABP Pvt. Ltd. (an enterprise of Ananda Publishers). With 1,130,167 daily copies, it has the largest circulation for a single-edition, regional language newspaper in India.[2]
Anandabazar is the most popular Bengali newspaper in India. Currently, the circulation of this newspaper is more than a million a day and is concurrently published from Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mumbai. The paper was founded in 1922 by Prafulla Chandra Sarkar who was the editor as well. It is the most circulated Bengali daily. Its supplements include the Sunday Supplement, Rabibasario, and the Saturday Supplement, Patrika. The Rabibasario has a children's page called Anandamela. Other supplements include Kajer Bazar and Prastuti. In addition its editions have a special supplement for the particular place from which the edition is published, e.g., "Kolkata" for the Kolkata edition. The paper has comic strips of Phantom and Mandrake from Monday to Saturday. Presently, the newspaper is edited by Aveek Sarkar.
The newspaper brings out a special festive issue (Sharadiya) during Durga Puja and also an annual issue.
- Further information: [[Ananda Publishers]]
[edit] References
- ^ "World Newspapers and Magazines". Worldpress.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-30.
- ^ "General Review". Registrar of Newspapers for India. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
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