Champak (magazine)
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Champak is a popular monthly magazine for children published by the Delhi Press
Delhi Press
Delhi Press is one of India's largest magazine publishing houses. It publishes 30 magazines in 9 languages, and has a group readership of over 30 million. Delhi Press was established in 1939 by late Vishva Nath. Some of its most popular titles include Grihshobha, Woman's Era, Sarita, Saras Salil,...

 Group since 1968 in India. Champak competes with Amar Chitra Katha's Tinkle
Tinkle
Tinkle is an Indian monthly magazine, published mainly in India. Originally owned by the India Book House, the Tinkle brand was acquired by ACK Media in 2007. The Magazine contains comics, stories, puzzles, quizzes, contests and other features targeted at school children, although its readership...

and Geodesic's Chandamama
Chandamama
Chandamama in Kannada and Telugu means moon. It may refer to:* Chandamama, an Indian monthly magazine focused on kids and youngsters* Chandamama , a Malayalam film starring Kunchacko Boban...

brands of magazines. Champak is published twice a month and is a colorfull magazine which attracts many of the children who love to read the stories.

History

Champak was founded by Vishwa Nath. The first edition of Champak was released in 1968 and got instant fame thereafter. At that time, Champak competed with Chandamama, one of the best selling magazines at that time. In 1980, the third competitor, Tinkle was released. Yet till now, Champak remains one of the favourite magazines of children in India.

Champak Jogo Disk

A CD is given free of cost with a pack of Multimedia Edition Champak. The CD contains games and activities for a child to learn.

Contests

Champak has also been conducting Story Writing Contests for children under 12 years old since 2008. The final round is held in Delhi. The winner of all the 3 contests held are the 2 brothers, Shaurya Singh & Vatsa Singh, from Khatima, a town in Uttrakhand.

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