bombay samachar the first newspaper started in bombay was a venture by the times group.
bombay samachar the first newspaper started in bombay was a venture by the?
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the bombay samachar, now mumbai samachar (gujarati:મુંબઈ સમાચાર), is the oldest continuously published newspaper in india. established in 1822 by fardunjee marzban, it is published in gujarati and english. 





























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the "bombay samachar", asia's oldest newspaper, was first published on the first of july 1822 and comprised three small quarto sheets. 10 inches by 8 inches, and a half sheet supplement in all containing 14 pages of printed matter.
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a weekly till 1832, a bi-weekly till 1855 and a daily since then, it continued to grow and has gone on to become one of western india's premier newspapers, well read by a large segment of gujarati-speaking people both in india and abroad. the founder, a parsi scholar and priest by the name of fardoonji murazban, was a pioneer not only of journalism in western india but of all gujarati printed literature. he founded the first native press in 1812 and in 1814 brought out a gujarati calendar, fully 6 years before the first bengali calendar was printed and published in calcutta. he then went on to bring out his newspaper, the bombay samachar, in 1822.
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