Sakal
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Sakal is a Marathi
language daily newspaper headquartered in Pune
, Maharashtra
, India
. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication
, Sakal Media Group. Present newspaper circulation
of Sakal is approximately 1.5 million copies per day, mainly in Maharashtra. It ranks among the top 10 language dailies of India.
It is published in Pune
, Mumbai
, Kolhapur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nanded
, Solapur
, Nagpur
, Satara
, Amravati
and Jalgaon.
Dr. N. B. aka Nanasaheb Parulekar
founded Sakal and circulation was launched on January 1, 1932. Pratap G. Pawar is the present Chairman of the Sakal Media Group and also the Vice - President of WAN (World Association of Newspapers). Abhijit Pawar is the managing director of Sakal Media Group.
Group’s other operations consist of regional newspapers, magazines and Internet publishing, together employing over 3000 people. It holds one of the largest Marathi website eSakal that reaches to 300,000 Internet users across globe. It is ranked as the number one Marathi website across globe.
Other publications include the English-language daily Sakal Times (that replaced The Maharashtra Herald), Gomantak, Gomantak Times, a Marathi and English language dailies respectively published from neighboring State of Goa and Agrowon, the first ever daily dedicated to agriculture and farming.
Sakal was a classic newspaper of the nationalist period. Its idealistic founder, Dr. N.B. alias Nanasaheb Parulekar had been influenced by American papers during his years at Columbia University. And though he started Sakal (morning) to advance Mahatma Gandhi’s movement for independence, he also introduced genuine daily journalism to Marathi.
Though begun as a part of the nationalist cause, it established itself as a successful business by making day-to-day concerns, not just of Pune but also of its rural neighborhoods, a preoccupation. By the 1960s, Sakal appointed full-time correspondents, each with a telephone, in every town in its neighborhood. It ran training camps for its journalists, promotions and cultural events for its readers and letters to the editor on its front page.
When Dr. Parulekar died in 1973, he left the paper with many good practices and rich traditions. It survived the first shocks of India’s revolution in newspaper technology and carried on for more than 10 years. The Pawar family took over Sakal in 1985. The Pawar family turned the paper into a public limited company in 1989, and Mr. Pratap G. Pawar became Managing Director.
Since taken over by the Pawars, Sakal has seen tremendous growth in all fronts of business; still keeping intact the core journalistic values. Mr. Pratap Pawar took Sakal in the same direction as renovating newspapers around India: towards marketing surveys, new management practices, aggressive selling of advertising and improvement in labor-saving technology.
Since long, Sakal is famous for ‘reporting from the front’. It sent its reporters all over the world, from wars to Olympic
games and from elections to Film Festivals and provides detailed report to its readers.
Sakal’s annual turnover grew by five times in eight years-from Rs 60 millions to Rs 300 millions. The present chief editor of Sakal is Mr. Uttam Kamble
. He is an important post modern writers of India and the President of 84th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
, single largest literary meet surviving great tradition in Marathi.
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
language daily newspaper headquartered in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication
Publication
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, Sakal Media Group. Present newspaper circulation
Newspaper circulation
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of Sakal is approximately 1.5 million copies per day, mainly in Maharashtra. It ranks among the top 10 language dailies of India.
It is published in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Kolhapur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nanded
Nanded
Nanded is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once...
, Solapur
Solapur
Solapur is a city in South Western Maharashtra, India governed by municipal corporation.Solapur is one of the four districts that form the region of Western Maharashtra . It is the fourth largest district in Maharashtra in terms of land area and seventh largest in terms of population...
, Nagpur
Nagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
, Satara
Satara
Satara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...
, Amravati
Amravati
Amravati is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India and the seventh most populous metropolitan area in Maharashtra. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Amravati district...
and Jalgaon.
Dr. N. B. aka Nanasaheb Parulekar
Nanasaheb parulekar
Narayan Bhikaji Parulekar commonly referred as Nanasaheb Parulekar –,was the Founder Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, launched in January 1932...
founded Sakal and circulation was launched on January 1, 1932. Pratap G. Pawar is the present Chairman of the Sakal Media Group and also the Vice - President of WAN (World Association of Newspapers). Abhijit Pawar is the managing director of Sakal Media Group.
Group’s other operations consist of regional newspapers, magazines and Internet publishing, together employing over 3000 people. It holds one of the largest Marathi website eSakal that reaches to 300,000 Internet users across globe. It is ranked as the number one Marathi website across globe.
Other publications include the English-language daily Sakal Times (that replaced The Maharashtra Herald), Gomantak, Gomantak Times, a Marathi and English language dailies respectively published from neighboring State of Goa and Agrowon, the first ever daily dedicated to agriculture and farming.
History
Sakal was a classic newspaper of the nationalist period. Its idealistic founder, Dr. N.B. alias Nanasaheb Parulekar had been influenced by American papers during his years at Columbia University. And though he started Sakal (morning) to advance Mahatma Gandhi’s movement for independence, he also introduced genuine daily journalism to Marathi.
Though begun as a part of the nationalist cause, it established itself as a successful business by making day-to-day concerns, not just of Pune but also of its rural neighborhoods, a preoccupation. By the 1960s, Sakal appointed full-time correspondents, each with a telephone, in every town in its neighborhood. It ran training camps for its journalists, promotions and cultural events for its readers and letters to the editor on its front page.
When Dr. Parulekar died in 1973, he left the paper with many good practices and rich traditions. It survived the first shocks of India’s revolution in newspaper technology and carried on for more than 10 years. The Pawar family took over Sakal in 1985. The Pawar family turned the paper into a public limited company in 1989, and Mr. Pratap G. Pawar became Managing Director.
Since taken over by the Pawars, Sakal has seen tremendous growth in all fronts of business; still keeping intact the core journalistic values. Mr. Pratap Pawar took Sakal in the same direction as renovating newspapers around India: towards marketing surveys, new management practices, aggressive selling of advertising and improvement in labor-saving technology.
Since long, Sakal is famous for ‘reporting from the front’. It sent its reporters all over the world, from wars to Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
games and from elections to Film Festivals and provides detailed report to its readers.
Sakal’s annual turnover grew by five times in eight years-from Rs 60 millions to Rs 300 millions. The present chief editor of Sakal is Mr. Uttam Kamble
Uttam Kamble
Uttam Kamble is an Indian journalist who is the Chief Editor of Sakal Media Group. He is an important post modern author. He is in journalism for more than three decades. He is best known for his oratory, poetry and his writings for the oppressed and deprived class...
. He is an important post modern writers of India and the President of 84th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan is a conference for literary discussions by Marathi writers. Though the conference has sometimes been held in a town outside the Indian state of Maharashtra, it is typically held annually in one of the towns in Maharashtra where Marathi is the mother tongue...
, single largest literary meet surviving great tradition in Marathi.
Editors (HQ Pune)
- Dr. Na. Bhi. Parulekar – Jan 1, 1932 to Dec 31, 1943
- Ramchandra Balawant aka Babasaheb Ghorpade – Jan 1, 1944 to Feb 20, 1951
- Dr. Na. Bhi. Parulekar – Feb 21, 1951 to Jan 8, 1973
- Shridhar aka S. G. Mungekar – Jan 9, 1973 to Aug 14 1974 (Executive Editor)
- Shridhar aka S. G. Mungekar – Aug 15, 1974 to Feb 9, 1985 (Editor)
- V. D. Ranade – Feb 10, 1985 to Apr 30 1985
- S. K. Kulkarni – May 1, 1987 to Jul 31, 1987
- Vijay Kuwalekar – Aug 1, 1987 to Aug 7, 2000
- Anant Dixit – Aug 8, 2000 to Jul 15, 2005
- Yamaji Malkar – Jul 16, 2005 to May 9, 2009
- Sureshchandra Padhye – May 10, 2009 to Dec 1, 2010
- Uttam Kamble – May 10, 2009 (Editor In Chief)
- Navneet Deshpande – At present