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{{Infobox newspaper<br />
| name = Gujarat Samachar<br />
| logo = Gujarat Samachar logo.png<br />
| logo_size = 220px<br />
| image = GujaratSamacharCover.jpg<br />
| image_size = 240px<br />
| caption =<br />
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]<br />
| format = [[Broadsheet]]<br />
| founded = 1932<br />
| ceased_publication = <br />
| owners = Lok Prakashan Limited<br />
| publisher = Shreyans Shah<br />
| editor = Shreyans Shah<br />
| chief_editor = <br />
| associate_editor = <br />
| staff_writers = <br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| political_position = <br />
| headquarters = [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, India<br />
| oclc = 43611166<br />
| ISSN = <br />
| publishing_country = India<br />
| circulation = 11.78 million ([[Indian Readership Survey]] 2017)<br />
| website = {{URL|gujaratsamachar.com}} <br />
}}<br />
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The '''''Gujarat Samachar''''' is the leading [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]-language daily newspaper published in [[India]]. Its headquarters are in [[Ahmedabad]] with a branch in [[Surat]]. It is distributed from [[Ahmedabad]], [[Surat]], [[Vadodara]], [[Rajkot]], [[Bhavnagar]], [[Bhuj]], [[Mehsana]], [[Mumbai]] and [[New York City]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The newspaper was founded by Chhabilbhai M. Patel in 1932. It is later acquired by Shantilal Shah in 1952.<ref name="ref1">Jeffrey, Robin. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tm95ad2d7osC&pg=PA120 India's Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Technology and the Indian Language Press, 1977–1999], p. 120 (2000) ("In Gujurat in the 1950s, successful business families ... acquired both the big old nationalist newspapers, ''Gujarat Samachar'', founded in 1932, and ''Sandesh'', founded in 1923.")</ref><ref name="lady">{{Cite web |date=2011-11-08 |title=Lady Luck of Gujarat Samachar passes away – The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Lady-Luck-of-Gujarat-Samachar-passes-away/articleshow/10612410.cms |access-date=2023-03-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108002908/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-05/ahmedabad/30363437_1_gujarat-samachar-lok-prakashan-death-anniversary |archive-date=8 November 2011 }}</ref> Its first issue was published on 16 January 1932.<ref>{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Thaker|first=Mahesh|publisher=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust]]|year=2011|edition=2nd|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=VI (Part 2)|location=Ahmedabad|pages=218|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopedia}}</ref><br />
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== Availability ==<br />
Gujarati Samachar is primarily available in the state of Gujarat in India. The newspaper is available in several cities in the state including Keshod, Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, and Baroda, Bhuj, Mehsana, Junagadh among others.<br />
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==Television channel==<br />
It also launched a Gujarati News Channel in December 2012, ''GSTV.''<br />
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== Notable columnists ==<br />
*[[Anil Chavda]], poet, writer and columnist<br />
*[[Bakul Tripathi]], humour essayist, writer and columnist<br />
*[[Hardwar Goswami]], poet, writer and columnist<br />
*[[Jay Vasavada]], writer and columnist<br />
*[[Joravarsinh Jadav]], writer, folklorist and columnist<br />
*[[Kumarpal Desai]], author, critic, editor, journalist and columnist<br />
*[[Makrand Mehta]], writer, historian and columnist<br />
*[[Pravin Darji]], writer and columnist<br />
*[[Rajesh Vyas]], poet, writer and columnist<br />
*[[Vinodini Nilkanth]], writer, columnist and novelist<br />
*[[Harshal Pushkarna]], science writer<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.gujaratsamachar.com/ ''Gujarat Samachar''] – official website <br />
*[https://thebarodian.in/congress-era-gujarat-samachar-office-arson-vs-bjps-ed-arrest-of-bahubali-shah-in-25-year-old-case/ The only newspaper of India who has faced vengeance from Congress and BJP].<br />
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