Sandesh (newspaper)

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Sandesh
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	The Sandesh Ltd.
Publisher	Falgunbhai Patel
Editor	Falgunbhai Patel
Founded	1923
Language	Gujarati
Price	2 or 3 Rs
Headquarters	Ahmedabad,India

Website: Official Website

Sandesh is the Leading daily newspaper in Gujarat. It is published in Gujarati.The Sandesh Limited is a listed and public limited company with Head Quarter at Ahmedabad. Till 1984, Sandesh was a single edition newspaper published from Ahmedabad. Then under expansion programme new editions were launched Baroda, Surat,Rajkot & Bhavnagar in 1985, 1989, 1990 and 1998 respectively.

[edit] History

Initially in 1923 Shri Nandlal Bodiwala started Sandesh daily on a small scale, But in 1958 when late Shri Chimanbhai Patel was at the helm of affairs ; his vision , foresight and business acuemenship changed the destiny of Sandesh and its circulation began to increase by leaps and bounds. His unique contribution was Sunday Sanskar Poorti in Gujarati journalism, that included many celebrities as columnists . Thus he was the pioneer of Sunday Supplements in Gujarati journalism. He was always in search of new talents and new ideas to make Sandesh a unique and dynamic daily. It was this missionary zeal that made Sandesh a household name in Gujarat.

Present CMD and the Editor of Sandesh Shri Falgunbhai Patel joined the organization in 1979 after completing his MBA in USA. His close collaboration with his father made a rare combination of wide experience and youthful dynamism that added a rare spirit of adventure and calculated business viewpoint in the development of Sandesh as a giant entity. The Sandesh Limited is the first media house to become a public limited company in 1994.

But destiny sometimes plays cruel game and in March 1995 Shri Chimanbhai Patel succumbed to a massive heart attack and Falgunbhai lost his best friend, philosopher and guide in the person of his beloved father. It was a sad sorrowful day for the entire Sandesh Pariwar . Since his father’s demise, Falgunbhai had to shoulder additional responsibilities of editorial section in addition to his managerial duties . He took all the challenges with the help of his professional assistants with great skill and acuemenship.