''Shanti Dut'' (Peaceful Messenger) is a

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

language newspaper published weekly in Suva,

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

and is owned by Mahendra Motibhai Patel. It is one of the oldest non-English language newspapers owned by the corporation having started in 1935. Its first editor and founder was Pundit Guru Dayal Sharma MBE, JP and Author of "Memories of Fiji 1887 to 1987. In 1995, its circulation in territories such as India and Africa, and for Indian migrants worldwide, was 10,750. but the U.S. Embassy gives the current circulation as 13,000. From 1981 to 1987 its editor was Mahendra Chand Vinod. From 1987–1994 its editor was Pt. Ashok Kumar Dwivedi.{{cite web , last1=Qiolevu , first1=Luisa , title=Praise to PM, says ex-editor of Shanti Dut , url=https://www.pressreader.com/fiji/fiji-sun/20160106/281822872781534 , website= Fiji Sun , access-date=29 May 2023 , date=6 January 2016 Shri Dwivedi as editor of Shanti Dut was the first person of Indian Origin from Fiji who was invited by the Government of India to officially visit India as part of Indian governments Foreign Relations and Cultural program following the 1987 Fiji military coup led by Sitiveni Rabuka. His meetings involved officials of Indian government both at Central and State level. Shanti Dut created history in 1992 when it published a 200 pages " Diwali" edition of the newspaper all in Hindi Language. From 1994 to 2000, Hemant Vimal Sharma was the Editor of Shanti Dut. Shanti Dut is also circulated is Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada.

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Hindi-language newspapers published in Fiji Indian diaspora in Fiji Newspapers established in 1935 Weekly newspapers 1936 establishments in Fiji