Bombay Samachar

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The Bombay Samachar is the oldest continuously published newspaper in India. It is published in Gujarati and is one of the most trusted newspapers of Mumbai (earlier Bombay)

[edit] History

In 1822, the Mumbai Samachar (also known as Bombay Samachar) began publishing in Gujarati and English, as a weekly. In 1832, it became a bi-weekly newspaper. In 1855, it became a daily newspaper. It continues to be published today, under the same title, making it the oldest continuously published paper in India and one of the oldest in the world. The first 122 years of this paper are unavailable to researchers as filming began only in 1944.

The paper was founded by a Parsi named Fardoonji Marzban. His descendant Pirojsha Jehangir Marzban (1876-1933) wrote under the pen name of "Pijam" and was known as "Mark Twain of the Parsis".