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{{Infobox newspaper<br />
| name = Fagun<br />
| logo =<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = Fagun Newspaper<br />
| type = Monthly [[Newspaper]]<br />
| format = [[Broadsheet]]<br />
| founded = 4 April, 2008<br />
| ceased_publication = <br />
| owners = Fagun Publishers Pvt. Ltd.<br />
| publisher = Fagun Publishers Pvt. Ltd.<br />
| editor = Malati Murmu<br />
| chief_editor = Magat Murmu<br />
| associate_editor =<br />
| staff_writers = BirSar Hembram<br />
| language = [[Santali language|Santali]]<br />
| headquarters = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[India]]<br />
| ISSN =<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Fagun''''' is a monthly [[newspaper]] published on paper in the [[Santali language]] in the [[Ol Chiki script]] in [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Damayanti Beshra - Sahitya Akademi |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/library/meettheauthor/damayanti_beshra.pdf |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murmu |first1=SC |last2=Kanhar |first2=N |title=Santal Durbar and Its Democratic Role |url=http://www.stscodisha.gov.in/pdf/June-Dec-2014-Vol-1-2.pdf |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619200426/http://www.stscodisha.gov.in/pdf/June-Dec-2014-Vol-1-2.pdf#page=87 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the only newspaper in [[India]] that is published in Santali,<ref name="tabla" /><ref name="big hit">{{cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3634716991.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022537/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3634716991.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2018|title=India: Malati Murmu's Santali Newspaper's A Big Hit with the Tribals|access-date=24 November 2018}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022537/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3634716991.html |date=23 November 2018 }}</ref> and has readership across the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goodnessfoundation.in/2017/07/03/unseen-and-unsung-heroines/|title=Unseen and Unsung Heroines|website=goodnessfoundation.in|language=en|access-date=2017-11-24|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922215221/https://goodnessfoundation.in/2017/07/03/unseen-and-unsung-heroines/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="tabla" /> The newspaper was founded in April 2008 by [[Mangat Murmu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allindiaaseca.org/FAGUN/fagun-7th-foundation.html|title=Fagun 7th Foundation 2015|website=allindiaaseca.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> It is edited by [[Malati Murmu (journalist)|Malati Murmu]],<ref name="tabla">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Rakhi |title=Helping Santalis stay connected |url=https://www.tabla.com.sg/jrsrc/240415full/epage004005/TA20150424-TAB-004-00-005.html |access-date=26 November 2018 |work=www.tabla.com.sg |date=24 April 2015 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126134922/https://www.tabla.com.sg/jrsrc/240415full/epage004005/TA20150424-TAB-004-00-005.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="big hit"/><ref name="The Better India">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Rakhi |title=A Shout out to 5 of the Most Amazing and yet Least Known Women of 2015: Malati is a Proud Heritage-Keeper |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/41317/remarkable-women-of-2015/ |access-date=26 November 2018 |work=The Better India |date=30 December 2015}}</ref> who received the ''Telegraph Legend Award'' in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allindiaaseca.org/FAGUN/fagun.html|title=FAGUN - A Santali Newspaper|website=allindiaaseca.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> ''Fagun'' started with a [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]] of 500 copies, and as of 2018 has a circulation of 5000. Copies cost {{Indian rupee|5}} each.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allindiaaseca.org/news-magazine/fagun.html|title=Santali Newspapers and Magazines|website=allindiaaseca.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref><br />
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In addition to news, ''Fagun'' publishes a cultural section which includes [[Short story|short stories]] and [[Poetry|poems]] are printed as well as [[review]]s and event announcements. A section for women and children publishes cooking recipes, among other things. The [[syllabus]] for college students is published as well, mostly Santali languages course syllabus which is now recently being taught by some university in [[Odisha]] such as [[Sambalpur University]] and [[North Orissa University]].<ref name="tabla" /><br />
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