Madina (Bijnor)

Akhbar-e-Madina (Urdu: اخبار مدینه‎), or Madina for short, was an Urdu-language biweekly newspaper published in Bijnor, India.[1][2]

The newspaper first appeared in 1912.[1][3] It was founded by Maulvi Majeed Hasan,[4] and its first editor was Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi.[5][6] It had its own printing press, Madina Press.[3][7]

It was one of the most prominent Muslim newspapers in the United Provinces.[8] It won acceptance from the readers through its systematic arrangement of news items and high-quality calligraphy.[6] Read across the Indian subcontinent, it played a significant role in shaping Muslim public opinion.[5][4] Politically it was supportive of the Indian National Congress.[9] It opposed the continuation of princely states, particularly the Bhopal State.[10]

Madina's circulation in 1922 was 12,500. By 1927, it had dropped to 6,500; and by 1931, it was 6,000.[2] The newspaper was published on the 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, 17th, 21st, 25th and 28th of each month.[7]

In the fall of 1942 Madina asked its readers to send letters on the Pakistan movement, and published these community views.[8]

In the early 1960s, Saeed Akhtar became Madina's editor.[7]