The Bombay Samachar Building

The Bombay Samachar is the oldest continuously published newspaper in India.

First published on the first of July 1822 .A weekly till 1832, a bi-weekly till 1855 and a daily since then

The founder, a Parsi Scholar and Priest by the name of Fardoonji Murazban was a pioneer not only of journalism in Western India but of all Gujarati printed literature.

It is published in Gujarati and is one of the most trusted newspapers of Mumbai

On July 1 1822, a Parsi scholar and priest Fardoonji Murazban, a pioneer in journalism in western India, started publishing the newspaper as Bombay Samachar. www.fravahr.org

His descendant Pirojsha Jehangir Marzban (1876-1933) wrote under the pen name of “Pijam” and was known as “Mark Twain of the Parsis”. www.nationmaster.com

http://bombaysamachar.com/new/ (in gujarati)

Company Name Bombay Samachar

Head of the Company Hormusji Nusserwanji Cama

Designation Managing Director

Head office The Bombay Samachar Pvt. Ltd., Red House’, Sayed Abdulla Brelvi Road, Horniman Circle, Mumbai, Maharashtra – 400001

e-mail samachar.bombay[at]gmail.com

Phone / Mobile / Fax +91-22-22045531 (3 lines), 22045503,22048861 ; ; +91-22-22046642,22045501

Language Gujarati

Periodicity Daily

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Down Red Brick Road

The building, defined as an industrial prototype, houses the offices of the Samachar Press inclusive of the Bombay Samachar Pvt Ltd, Bombay Samachar Chronicle Co Pvt Ltd. and the Bombay Associate Newspapers Pvt Ltd.

At the entrance, a plaque carries a brief history. The then governor of Bombay, Sir Bartle Frere, ordered its construction in the 1860s and called it Elphinstone Circle. The garden, called the Old Bombay Green, was laid out in 1869 and oriented with the Town Hall at one end and Flora Fountain at the other. Famous architect James Scott designed the buildings around it.cities.expressindia.com

The Bombay Samachar, Bombay : The Bombay Samachar, the oldest vernacular newspaper in India, was founded by Mr. Furdunji Marzban, the pioneer of native journalism in Western India, in 1822. Appearing first as a weekly, it was converted in 1932, into a daily paper, but was forced by lack of resources to revert to be a bi-weekly issue in 1833. In 1855, however, it again appeared as a daily, and has remained so up to the present time. Since 1870, the paper was the property of the Minocher Homji family, who conducted it for the benefit of all sections of the public. Now it is managed by the Bombay Samachar Private Ltd.

At present the Bombay Samachar publishes the Bombay Samachar, daily and weekly (Sunday); Diwali Ank, Panchang and Vasant Ank annually. The daily circulation of the Bombay Samachar amounted to 1,30,985 and that of the weekly edition to 1,42,931. The strength of the office staff in 1975-76 was 48, working journalists 30 and press workmen 127. The news coverage for the paper is done by its own reporters and representatives in selected cities and towns in India. The editors of the daily and weekly are Mr. Jehan D. Daruwala and Mr. Shantikumar Bhatt, respectively. Maharashtra State Gazetteers