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Marathi newspaper
This article is about the newspaper. For the political party, see
Lok Satta
.
Loksatta
(
L?ksatt?
) is a Marathi daily newspaper in
Maharashtra
,
India
. It is published by
The Indian Express Group
and was launched on 14 January 1948.
Loksatta
is published in
Mumbai
,
Pune
,
Nagpur
,
Thane
,
Palghar
,
Ahmednagar
,
Amravati
,
Aurangabad
and
Nashik
.
History
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Loksatta
was established on 14 January 1948, coinciding with
Makar Sankranti
.
Loksatta
gained notability through its coverage of
Mahatma Gandhi
's assassination and subsequent developments; the founder of the
Indian Express Group
,
Ramnath Goenka
, remained dedicated to
Loksatta
.
[1]
After remaining the largest circulated standard Marathi daily for many years, by the late-90s
Loksatta
saw competition from newer daily newspapers like
Maharashtra Times
. By 1997, it only circulated around 400,000 daily papers in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmednagar and Nagpur combined.
[2]
However, circulation increased in the 2000s after changes which included addition of various supplements and adding several new city editions for local news.
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[4]
Editors
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News Editors
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- Hari Apte
- Tukaram Kokje
- Aatmaram Shetye
- Ramesh Zawar
- Vishwanath More
- Datta Panchwagh
- Prashant Dixit
[11]
References
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