the amrit bazar patrika was started in bangalore in 1803.
when was the amrit bazar patrika started in bangalore?
1803
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.
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according to dr. dinesh chandra sinha, the roy's weekly suggested the division of bengal to solve the communal problem for the first time. after that professor hemanta kumar sarkar wrote a series of articles in dainik basumati, a bengali daily, proposing the creation of a separate province of west bengal. after the great calcutta killings in august, 1946, the correspondence columns of the statesman and amrita bazar patrika were opened to writers for and against the partition. in december, 1946, prabasi, a bengali weekly commented that, chances of reconciliation and co-operation between the two communities are slim. it is time for due consideration of the proposal for partition of bengal. sajanikanta das, the editor of shanibarer chithi, a bengali weekly noted that the bengali hindu homeland movement was being led by dr. syama prasad mookerjee, major general a.c.chatterjee and dr. pramathanath banerjee, therefore one can be rest assured that they would leave no stone unturned to achieve it. in april, 1947, sajanikanta das opined in shanibarer chithi that it is in the best of interests to part ways. on 23 april, amrita bazar patrika published an article titled, "homeland for bengali hindus" where the results of a gallop poll were published. the survey revealed that an overwhelming 98.3% of the bengali hindus wanted the partition of bengal and creation of a separate bengali hindu homeland. on 24 april, the statesman commented that the resentment among the middle class bengali hindus towards the muslim league government was so high that nothing less than partition would satisfy them. amrita bazar patrika subsequently constituted the bengal partition fund, a public fund for the realization of the bengali hindu homeland.
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