''Sandesh'' is a leading

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daily newspaper that started publications in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 1923. It has the second largest readership in Gujarat as of 2019 according to the

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. The paper focuses coverage on local and regional stories consequential to the various city editions in print, published from Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, and Bhuj. The newspaper was purchased from the founder in 1958 by Chimanbhai S. Patel and has since been a core business division of 'The Sandesh Limited'.Jeffrey, Robin
India's Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Technology and the Indian Language Press, 1977-1999
p. 120 (2000) ("In Gujarat in the 1950s, successful business families ... acquired both the big old nationalist newspapers, ''Gujarat Samachar'', founded in 1932, and ''Sandesh'', founded in 1923.")Fiscal 21-22 Annual Report - The Sandesh Limited
/ref> ''Sandesh'' publishes several supplements and also prints Gujarati weekly editions and ''Sandesh International'' from Chicago, Illinois, United States.

TV channel

The paper's parent company also launched a Gujarati news channel, Sandesh News, on 24 October 2013 as adaptation to the changing news media landscape.

References

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