Gujarat Samachar
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.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| 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 |
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
It also launched a Gujarati News Channel in December 2012, GSTV. ASARY4 E7RTRY56TGHYTTY5RH5R45TY4HR53346aSSwrQ1
Notable Columnist
- 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
- 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]. VI (Part 2) (2nd ed.). Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. p. 218.
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