Cover page of Rajasthan Patrika published on March 11, 2016
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
Founded | 1956 |
Political alignment | Right leaning |
Language | Hindi |
Headquarters | Ahmedabad, Surat, Jaipur and Bhopal |
Circulation | 1,813,756 Daily (as of Jan − Jun 2016) |
Website | patrika.com |
Rajasthan Patrika is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper. It was founded by Karpoor Chandra Kulish in 1956 and published as Rajasthan Patrika in Delhi and Rajasthan, and as Patrika in 6 other states.
As per Indian Readership Survey 2013 , Rajasthan Patrika and Patrika together emerged as the No. 4 newspaper in India.
Rajasthan Patrika was founded by Karpoor Chandra Kulish on 7 March 1956. Over the years, it became a leading national daily. Kulish got awards for his contribution to journalism. In 1990, he got the B.D. Goenka Foundation award for "Outstanding Contribution in the Indian Language Newspaper" category for the year 1987. In 1991, he was felicitated by the then Prime Minister of India, Chandra Shekhar, for influencing the national mainstream through his contributions at the golden jubilee of the All India Editors’ Conference.
Rajasthan Patrika is published from the following 36 cities of eight states : Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar, Sri Ganganagar, Udaipur, Alwar, Bikaner, Banswara, Ajmer, Pali, Kota, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Ratlam, Satna, Rewa, Raipur, Bhilai, Bilaspur, Bastar, New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kolkata, Chhindwara district, Jagdalpur, Hoshangabad, Mandsaur, Hanumangarh and Neemuch.