The first daily published in Gujarat was Hitechchhu. Karsandas Mulji started Satyaprakash in 1855 in Bombay. It run until 1869 and merged with Sunday Review in 1870. Narmad launched Dandiyo in 1864 which was inspired by The Spectator. Social reformer Dadabhai Navroji introduced Rast Goftar (The Truth Teller) to clarify Zoroastrian concepts in 1854 which published until 1921.

Lallubhai Raichand launched Shamasher Bahadur in Ahmedabad in 1854. Parhejhgar of Surat was devoted to prohibition. Several journal during those times were dedicated to social reform. It was merged with Gujaratmitra in 1894 and was renamed Gujaratmitra Gujarat Darpan. Dinshaw Ardeshir Talyarkhan started Gujarat Darpan in 1863 as a biweekly. Due to efforts of Forbes, Surat Samachar, a biweekly, was introduced in Surat in 1850 which run for short period. The society also published Budhvar weekly and Buddhiprakash magazine. The Gujarat Vernacular Society of Ahmedabad, founded by British Magistrate Alexander Kinloch Forbes, started Vartaman in 1849. The first women's magazine in Gujarati, Stribodh was established in 1857 by Parsi social activists. Several other newspapers published between 18: Doorbeen, Samachar Darpan, Mombaina Kasud, Chitranjan Darpan and Chabuk. Pestonji Manekji started a weekly Jam-e-Jamshed in 1831 which later converted in daily 1853. A year later was renamed Mumbaina Halkaru Ane Vartaman and converted into biweekly which published until 1843. Another Parsi, Naoroji Dorabji Chandaru started Mumbai Vartman in 1830. In 1933, its present publisher Cama family brought it. In 1832, it was renamed Bombay Samachar and converted into biweekly. On 1 July 1822, the first Gujarati newspaper Bombayna Samachar was started by Fardunjee Marzban as a weekly business journal with 150 subscribers. They were mainly published by Parsi community and served area of Bombay (now Mumbai). Early newspapers in Gujarati are published from Bombay and they covered commercial and business news chiefly. The first printed book published was the Gujarati translation of Dabestan-e Mazaheb prepared and printed by Parsi priest Fardunjee Marzban in 1815. The printing was introduced in Gujarati in 1812. The radio and television media expanded after 1990.ĭaandiyo, dated 1 September 1864, first issue) 1822-1915 Later these media houses ventured into digital media also. Later there was an increase in readership due to growth of literacy and the media houses expanded its readership by publishing more number of editions. After bifurcation of Bombay state, the area of service changed. Following independence, the media was chiefly focused on political news. After arrival of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian independence movement peaked and it resulted in proliferation of Gujarati media. Several periodicals devoted to social reforms were published in the second half of the 19th century. Later Gujarati newspapers started published from other parts of Gujarat. Initially the newspapers published business news and they were owned by Parsi people based in Bombay. Please do rate our app if you enjoy using it.The Media in Gujarati language started with publication of Bombay Samachar in 1822. We hope you will love this mobile app very much, just as you all, our beloved viewers have loved our website since this many years. > You can read Akila evening newspaper's hard copy in e-paper section too. You can also turn notifications on or off by specific categories. > You can turn notifications on or off by notification settings. > By going into the settings, you can make the size of the letter smaller or bigger. However, the app will notify you when the cache moves up to 50MB. > You can delete application cache (non-useful data) through settings. There you can also choose auto mode so that the night mode works automatically according to the time. That means you can read news easily at night. > Night mode is available inside the app settings for your convenience. > You can also read any news from the past with the previous news feature. > You can share the news you like to your friends and relatives through social media share. Which you can read in the future according to your convenience. > You can add the news you like to the favorite 'manpasand' section. > You can change the news category and news by swiping left and right. In our this mobile app you will see various news sections such as,Īpart from above, the following other facilities are also available on our app for your convenience: Now you will get latest updates, all on your mobiles too. Now you, our viewers, can view your favourite gujarati news of, on the move, on your mobile phones. We at have developed this official mobile app of our website, for the convinience of our viewers. We at have developed this official mobile app of our website.

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