Madina (Bijnor)

Madina
Type Bi-weekly
Founder(s) Maulvi Majeed Hasan
Editor Hamidullah Ansari (1912)
Founded 1912 (1912)
Language Urdu
Headquarters Bijnor
Circulation 12,500 (1922)

Akhbar-e-Madina (Urdu: اخبار مدینه‎), or Madina for short, was a Urdu bi-weekly newspaper published from Bijnor, India.[1][2]

The newspaper first appeared in 1912.[1][3] Madina was founded by Maulvi Majeed Hasan.[4] The first editor of the newspaper was Hamidullah Ansari.[5][6] The newspaper had its own printing press, Madina Press.[3][7]

Madina was one of the most prominent Muslim newspapers in the United Provinces.[8] It won acceptance from the readers through its systematic arrangement of news items and high-quality calliography.[6] Read across the Indian subcontinent, it played a significant role in shaping Muslim public opinion.[5][4] Politically it was supportive of the Indian National Congress.[9] It opposed the continuation of princely states, particularly the Bhopal State.[10]

As of 1922 Madina had a circulation of 12,500, by 1927 the circulation had dropped to 6,500, by 1931 the circulation of the newspaper stood at 6,000.[2] The newspaper was published on the 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, 17th, 21st, 25th and 28th of each month.[7]

In the fall of 1942 Madina appealed to its readers to send in letters on the Pakistan movement, and republished the different viewpoints of the community on the issue.[8]

As of the early 1960s Saeed Akhtar was the editor of Madina.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Rama Rao, T. V., and G. D. Binani. India at a Glance; A Comprehensive Reference Book on India. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1954. p. 797
  2. 1 2 Pandey, Gyanendra. The Ascendancy of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh: Class, Community and Nation in Northern India, 1920-1940. London: Anthem Press, 2002. p. 64
  3. 1 2 Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Bijnor. Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 266
  4. 1 2 Indian Book Chronicle, Vol. 18–21. Vivek Trust, 1993. p. 12
  5. 1 2 India (Republic), and Jagadish Nataranjan. Report. Delhi: Manager of Publications], 1954. p. 205
  6. 1 2 Communicator, Vol. 32. Shri Anjan Kumar Banerji at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, 1997. p. 17
  7. 1 2 3 India News and Feature Alliance. Press and Advertisers Year Book. New Delhi: Infa Publications, 1963. p. 154
  8. 1 2 Dhulipala, Venkat. Rallying Around the Qaum: The Muslims of the United Provinces and the Movement for Pakistan. [S.l.]: Proquest, Umi Dissertatio, 2011. pp. 226-227
  9. ↑ Sayeed, Khalid B. Pakistan, the Formative Phase, 1857-1948. London: Oxford University Press, 1968. p. 201
  10. ↑ Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, and Waheed Ahmad. The Nation's Voice, Towards Consolidation: Speeches and Statements. Karachi, Pakistan: Quaid-i-Azam Academy, 1992. p. 790
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