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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gorkhapatra Sansthan, Government of Nepal |
| Founder(s) | Dev Shumsher |
| Publisher | Gorkhapatra Corporation |
| Editor | Narad Gautam |
| Founded | 6 May 1901 |
| Language | Nepali |
| Headquarters | Dharma Path, Kathmandu |
| Country | Nepal |
| Sister newspapers | The Rising Nepal |
| Website | Gorkhapatra Online |
Gorkhapatra (Nepali: गोरखापत्र) is the oldest Nepali language state-owned national daily newspaper of Nepal.[1] It was started as a weekly newspaper in May 1901 and became a daily newspaper in 1961.[2] It is managed by the Gorkhapatra Sansthan.[3] The Rising Nepal is an English-language sister newspaper of Gorkhapatra.
It is the sixth oldest newspaper in continuous publication in South Asia and the oldest in Nepal.[4] Gorkha Bharat Jiban, edited by Motiram Bhatta was published in Varanasi in 1886, is considered the first Nepali language newsmagazine ever published. Gorkhapatra is the second Nepali-language newspaper to be published in Nepal, after Sudha Sagar.[5]
- ^ "पत्रकारिताको जिउँदो इतिहास गोरखापत्र". Gorkhapatra (in Nepali). Archived from the original (online) on 25 June 2014.
- ^ Kharel, P. "Distorted Draft Of History". Gorkhapatra. Archived from the original (online) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ Rajbhandari, Kritish. "GORKHAPATRA: A LIVING RELIC".
- ^ Thapa, Nirvik (3 September 2020). "A peek into the 120-year-old history of Gorkhapatra". Annapurna Express.
- ^ @therecord. "A history of magazines in Nepal - The Record". www.recordnepal.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.