Amrita Bazar Patrika
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Amritabazar Pvt. Ltd. |
| Editor | Mahmud Hossain |
| Founded | 20 February 1868 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | 77, C. R. Dutta Road, Dhaka-1205 |
| Circulation | (as of Jan−Jun 2016) |
| Website | www |
Amrita Bazar Patrika (Bengali: অমৃতবাজার পত্রিকা); is one of the oldest daily newspapers in South Asia and the oldest in Bangladesh. Originally published in Bengali script, it evolved into an English format published from Kolkata and other locations such as Cuttack, Ranchi and Allahabad. The paper discontinued its publication in 1986, although it was relaunched in Dhaka in 2006 where it is now published in Bengali once again.
It debuted on 20 February 1868. It was started by Sisir Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh, sons of Hari Naryan Ghosh, a rich merchant from Magura, in Jessore District during the Bengal Presidency of the British Raj (present day in Bangladesh). The family had constructed a Bazaar and named it after Amritamoyee, wife of Hari Naryan Ghosh. Sisir Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh started Amrita Bazar Patrika as a weekly first. It was first edited by Motilal Ghosh, who did not have a formal university education. It had built its readership as a rival to Bengalee which was being looked after by Surendranath Banerjee.
Amrita Bazaar Patrika was the oldest Indian-owned English daily. It played a major role in the evolution and growth of Indian journalism and made a striking contribution to creating and nurturing the Indian freedom struggle. In 1920, Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin described ABP as the best nationalist paper in India.
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