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The Bengalee was an English language newspaper based in Calcutta (Kolkata), British India.
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The Bengalee was an English language newspaper based in Calcutta (Kolkata), British India.
The Bengalee was founded in 1862 by Girish Chandra Ghosh as an English language newspaper based in Kolkata. The newspaper had a nationalist editorial stand. Surendranath Banerjee served as its editor. It was the highest circulated weekly newspaper in the late 19th and early 20th century. Following the Surat Split in the Indian National Congress, the newspaper took a stand for the moderate fraction of the Congress. The paper adapted moderate policies on movements like the Swadeshi movement which reduced circulation and decreased the popularity of the newspaper. The newspaper circulation further declined following the death of Surendranath Banerjee in 1925. The newspaper developed into two editions, the morning edition was called The Bengalee, which was for metropolitan area, while the evening edition for rural areas was called Calcutta Evening News in 1931. The Bengalee newspaper closed down that year. In 1932, the two editions were consolidated and renamed The Star of India. [1]
West Bengal is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi) as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is 102,552,787. West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.
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