Madina (Bijnor)

Akhbar-e-Madina (Urdu: اخبار مدینه‎), or Madina for short, was an Urdu bi-weekly newspaper published from Bijnor, India.[1][2]

Madina
TypeBi-weekly
Founder(s)Maulvi Majeed Hasan
EditorHamidullah Ansari (1912)
Founded1912 (1912)
LanguageUrdu
HeadquartersBijnor
Circulation12,500 (1922)

The newspaper first appeared in 1912.[1][3] Madina was founded by Maulvi Majeed Hasan.[4] The first editor of the newspaper was Hamidullah Ansari.[5][6] The newspaper had its own printing press, Madina Press.[3][7]

Madina was one of the most prominent Muslim newspapers in the United Provinces.[8] It won acceptance from the readers through its systematic arrangement of news items and high-quality calligraphy.[6] Read across the Indian subcontinent, it played a significant role in shaping Muslim public opinion.[5][4] Politically it was supportive of the Indian National Congress.[9] It opposed the continuation of princely states, particularly the Bhopal State.[10]

As of 1922 Madina had a circulation of 12,500, by 1927 the circulation had dropped to 6,500, by 1931 the circulation of the newspaper stood at 6,000.[2] The newspaper was published on the 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, 17th, 21st, 25th and 28th of each month.[7]

In the fall of 1942 Madina appealed to its readers to send in letters on the Pakistan movement, and republished the different viewpoints of the community on the issue.[8]

As of the early 1960s Saeed Akhtar was the editor of Madina.[7]

References
  1. Rama Rao, T. V., and G. D. Binani. India at a Glance; A Comprehensive Reference Book on India. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1954. p. 797
  2. Pandey, Gyanendra. The Ascendancy of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh: Class, Community and Nation in Northern India, 1920-1940. London: Anthem Press, 2002. p. 64
  3. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Bijnor. Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 266
  4. Indian Book Chronicle, Vol. 18–21. Vivek Trust, 1993. p. 12
  5. India (Republic), and Jagadish Nataranjan. Report. Delhi: Manager of Publications], 1954. p. 205
  6. Communicator, Vol. 32. Shri Anjan Kumar Banerji at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, 1997. p. 17
  7. India News and Feature Alliance. Press and Advertisers Year Book. New Delhi: Infa Publications, 1963. p. 154
  8. Dhulipala, Venkat. Rallying Around the Qaum: The Muslims of the United Provinces and the Movement for Pakistan. [S.l.]: Proquest, Umi Dissertatio, 2011. pp. 226-227
  9. Sayeed, Khalid B. Pakistan, the Formative Phase, 1857-1948. London: Oxford University Press, 1968. p. 201
  10. Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, and Waheed Ahmad. The Nation's Voice, Towards Consolidation: Speeches and Statements. Karachi, Pakistan: Quaid-i-Azam Academy, 1992. p. 790
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