The Bombay Durpun

The Bombay Durpun
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)Balshastri Jambhekar
EditorBalshastri Jambhekar
Founded6 January 1832; 192 years ago (1832-01-06)
LanguageMarathi
English
Ceased publication25 June 1840; 184 years ago (1840-06-25)
HeadquartersBombay
CityBombay
CountryBritish India

The Bombay Durpun, commonly known as Bombay Durpun, Durpun or Darpan, was a bilingual language[1] newspaper published in Bombay from 1832 to 1840.[2] It was founded by Balshastri Jambhekar, a social reformer regarded as the Father of Marathi journalism. It was the first Marathi newspaper and the first issue was published on January 6, 1832. The founding date of the Bombay Durpun, January 6, is celebrated as Marathi Journalist Day in Maharashtra to commemorate that day.[3]

  1. ^ Ranganathan, Murali (August 28, 2020). "How an Anglo-Gujarati newspaper kept publishing through the Bombay plague and into the 1980s". Scroll.in.
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  3. ^ "Maharashtra celebrates Marathi Journalism day". News On AIR. January 6, 2021.