Amrita Bazar Patrika

Amrita Bazar Patrika
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Founder(s)	Sisir Kumar Ghose and Moti Lal Ghosh
Founded	20 February 1868
Language	Bengali and English (bilingual)
Ceased publication	1991
Circulation	25,000 (before 1991)
Sister newspapers	Jugantar

Amrita Bazar Patrika was one of the oldest daily newspapers in India. Originally published in Bengali script,^[3] it evolved into an English format published from Kolkata and other locations such as Cuttack, Ranchi and Allahabad.^[4] The paper discontinued its publication in 1991 after 123 years of publication.^[1]^[3] Its sister newspaper was the Bengali-language daily newspaper Jugantar, which remained in circulation from 1937 till 1991.^[2]^[1]

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 District Jessore, in Bengal Province of British Empire in India. 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.^[5] After Sisir Ghosh retired, his son Tushar Kanti Ghosh became editor for the next sixty years, running the newspaper from 1931 to 1991.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c Banerjee, Ruben (15 July 1991). "Debts kill 123-year-old English daily Amrita Bazar Patrika". India Today. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Misra, Shubhangi (14 August 2021). "Amrita Bazar Patrika — fiery newspaper took on British but then came a tame turn, and tragedy". The Print. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b Gupta, Subhrangshu (2 January 2003). "Amrita Bazar Patrika may be relaunched". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2006.
^ Registrar of Newspapers for India Archived 13 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Political Agitators in India, A Confidential Report, pp. 15, Available in Digitized form on Archives.org, contributed by Library of University of Toronto, Digitized for Microsoft Corporation by Internet Archive in 2007, provided by University of Toronto, accessed on 8 June 2009 and link at https://archive.org/details/politicalagitato00slsnuoft
^ "Tushar Kanti Ghosh, Independence Crusader, Dies at 96". AP NEWS. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[ABCIND-1] Banerjee, Ruben (15 July 1991). "Debts kill 123-year-old English daily Amrita Bazar Patrika". India Today. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[print-2] Misra, Shubhangi (14 August 2021). "Amrita Bazar Patrika — fiery newspaper took on British but then came a tame turn, and tragedy". The Print. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

[agent-3] Gupta, Subhrangshu (2 January 2003). "Amrita Bazar Patrika may be relaunched". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2006.

[4] Registrar of Newspapers for India Archived 13 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Political Agitators in India, A Confidential Report, pp. 15, Available in Digitized form on Archives.org, contributed by Library of University of Toronto, Digitized for Microsoft Corporation by Internet Archive in 2007, provided by University of Toronto, accessed on 8 June 2009 and link at https://archive.org/details/politicalagitato00slsnuoft

[6] "Tushar Kanti Ghosh, Independence Crusader, Dies at 96". AP NEWS. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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