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Bartaman
 Bartaman | |
| File:BartamanFront.JPG Front page of 20 January 2009 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Bartaman Pvt. Ltd |
| Editor | Himangshu Sinha |
| Founded | December 1984 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | 6, J.B.S. Haldane Avenue, Kolkata-700105, India |
| Country | India |
| Circulation | 635,296 Daily[1] (as of December 2019) |
| Website | bartamanpatrika |
Bartaman Patrika is an Indian Bengali daily newspaper published from Kolkata, West Bengal, India, by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Apart from the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has three other simultaneous editions, published daily from three major towns of West Bengal: Siliguri, Burdwan, and Midnapore. Bartaman is the second-most widely circulated Bengali newspaper in West Bengal after Anandabazar Patrika.[1]
History[edit]
The newspaper was founded on 7 December 1984 by Barun Sengupta, a former Anandabazar Patrika journalist. Sengupta died on 19 June 2008 at Kolkata.[2]
Since April 2002, Bartaman Patrika has published an online version.
Competition[edit]
Bartaman's main competitor is Anandabazar Patrika, published since 1922. Bartaman holds second position after Anandabazar Patrika in West Bengal, by readership and circulation; its daily circulation is roughly about 60% of that of Anandabazar Patrika.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "India - World Newspapers and Magazines - Worldpress.org". www.worldpress.org. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
External links[edit]
- bartamanpatrika
.com (in Bengali) - History of Bartaman Patrika Bengali Newspaper
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