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 A 2019 stamp dedicated to the 100th anniversary ofThe Samaja | |
| Type | Daily |
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| Format | Print, online |
| Owner | Lok Sevak Mandal |
| Founder | Gopabandhu Dash |
| Publisher | Sri Rajendra Jena[1] |
| Editor | Sri Tapan Kumar Mishra[1] |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Political alignment | Independent |
| Language | Odia |
| Headquarters | Cuttack |
| Circulation | 3,50,000 |
| Sister newspapers | samajalive.in |
| Website | thesamaja.in |
| Free online archives | samajaepaper.in |
The Samaja is anOdia daily newspaper published inCuttack,Odisha, India; started in 1919, it is one of the oldest papers in India.[2]Gopabandhu Das, a prominentfreedom fighter andsocial worker started it as a weekly fromSatyabadi inPuri district of Odisha to facilitate the freedom struggle and to revive the moribundOdia language. Under his leadership, and with the support of local people, the paper grew into prominence. In 1928, just before the death of Das, the paper was handed over toLok Sevak Mandal (Servants of People Society), anon-profit organization started by freedom-fighterLala Lajapatrai.[3] The society still runs the paper.[4]
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