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| type = Multi Lingual News Agency<br />
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| foundation = 1948<br />
| founder = [[S. S. Apte]]<br />
| location_city = M-6, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110001, <br />
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| key_people = [[Arvind Bhalchandra Mardikar]] - Chairman<br />
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'''Hindusthan Samachar''' is the first multilingual news agency in [[India]], subscribed by more than 200 newspapers and almost all the news channels including [[Doordarshan]] (DD).<br />
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== History ==<br />
Hindusthan Samachar was founded in 1948 by [[S. S. Apte]],<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Founders of VHP | publisher = Vishwa Hindu Parishad (UK) | date = | url = http://vhp.org.uk/vhpuk/about-vhp/founders-vh/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 9 September 2014 | archive-date = 8 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808142135/http://vhp.org.uk/vhpuk/about-vhp/founders-vh/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = About Us | publisher = Hindustan Samachar | date = | url = http://mh.hindusthansamachar.com/static/about.aspx | format = | doi = | accessdate = 9 September 2014 }}</ref> offering its services in 15 languages: [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Oriya language|Odia]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]], [[Urdu]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. In 1951, the [[Government of Bihar]] subscribed to Hindusthan Samachar, followed by many states in India. [[All India Radio]] and [[Radio Nepal]] were once subscribers. It was registered as a cooperative society in 1956.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=What is Hindusthan Samachar, the RSS-linked newswire service that will provide content to Doordarshan and AIR? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/hindusthan-samachar-rss-linked-newswire-doordarshan-air-8469647/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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A year after a [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]] was declared in India in 1975, Hindusthan Samachar was merged with [[Press Trust of India]], [[United News of India]] and Samachar Bharati to form the media monopoly [[Samachar]].<br />
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Hindusthan Samachar was relaunched by Shrikant Joshi after 1999.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Present ==<br />
At present, Hindusthan Samachar has 22 news bureaus and 600 correspondents spread across the country. It offers its services in 12 languages.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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#{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Keval J.|title=Mass Communication in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECF7hjnZWfcC|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|year=2000|isbn=9788172243739}}<br />
#{{cite book|last=Aggarwal|first=S. K.|title=Media Credibility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDmn6LI_ZDEC|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1989|isbn=9788170991571}}<br />
#{{cite book|last=Kanung|first=Chitra|title=Freedom Under Assault|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1a2RAAAAMAAJ|publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation| year=2001|pages=114|isbn=9788176482264}}<br />
#{{cite book|editor-last=Jones|editor-first=Derek |title=Censorship: A World Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzisCQAAQBAJ|publisher=Routledge|year=2015|isbn=9781136798634}}<br />
#{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Diwakar|title=Mass Communication: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ePXdIGYe6oC|publisher=Deep and Deep Publications|year=2004|isbn=9788176295079}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?214324 Noise In The Wires, Outlook India, 21 January 2002]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141011203502/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/at-90-rss-is-eyeing-a-major-makeover/article1-1274400.aspx Best of times for the RSS, it aims for makeover at 90, Hindustan Times, 12 October 2014]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://hindusthansamachar.in/ Hindustan Samachar (Hindi)]<br />
* [https://english.hindusthansamachar.in/ Hindustan Samachar (English)]<br />
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