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Samaja News Paper
Samaja is a daily newspaper, written in the language of Oriya, is published in city of Cuttack, which lies in the state of Orissa, India. It was launched in the year of 1919. This paper is one of the most ancient papers in this place4. One of the most famous freedom fighters, Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, also a social worker, launched this as a weekly hailing from Satyabadi of Puri district belonging to the state of Orissa for facilitating the freedom struggle and for revival of the moribund language of Oriya. Under the influence of the leadership of Gopabandhu and with the help and support of the local people, this paper became prominent. In the year of 1928, prior to the demise of Gopabandhu, this paper was given to Lok Sevak Mandal, which is considered the servants of people society, also a non-profit making organization launched by a noted freedom-fighter, Lala Lajapatrai, still runs this paper.
In the state of Orissa, this paper is perceived visually as a impartial and trusted newspaper. Nevertheless, this paper is known of being too traditional in its way that makes this paper less accepted among the urban and younger generation. For reaching out to the most distant readers, the paper consists of eight major editions at city of Cuttack, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Vizag Kolkota, Rourkella, Sambalpur as well as an internet edition and an e-paper edition.
Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das, the founder of this paper, was an able social reformer and freedom fighter. This person was an enthusiastic supporter of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, and took part in the struggle of freedom. Apart from this, the father of the nation is known to have been affected by the sober and simple life of Gopabandhu. They came across one another. Mahatma Gandhi determined to imitate a sober and simple lifestyle. Gopabandhu switched over to journalism for facilitation of reform. He had a monthly magazine published, called as Satyabadi. Thereafter, on October 10th, 1919, he started weekly Samaja. The day was selected make coincidence with one of the biggest festivals, Vijayadashami. He remained the first editor of the weekly. With the help and support from Pandit Nilakantha Das and Acharya Harihar Das, this paper struggled to reveal the malpractices of the government of British. In the year of 1928, before the demise of Gopababndhu, this paper was given over to the (SOPS), Servants of People Society, a non-profit making organization, which was founded by Lala Lajpatrai. In his statement, Gopabandhu said that under the influence of SOPS, this paper would struggle to make contribution to economic, educational, political and societal development of Orissa.