''Soltan'' (pronounced originally as 'chol tan) was a historic

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

of the

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims (; ) 'Mussalman'' also used in this work./ref> are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising over 70% of the global Bengali population, they are the second-largest ...

community. It was based in

Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

History

''Soltan'' was founded in 1903 and financed by

Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali (1858 – 30 May 1920) was a Bengali writer and reformer in British India. Early life Ali was born in 1858 to a Bengali Muslim family of Mirzas in the village of Aliabad in Rajshahi district, Bengal Presidency. After com ...

, the author of ''Shaubhagya Sparshamani''. The founding

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of the newspaper was

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi Munīruzzamān Khān Islāmābādī (; 1875-1950), also known by the epithet Biplobi Maulana (), was a Bengali philosopher, nationalist activist and journalist from Islamabad (now known as Chittagong) in Bengal Presidency, British India (present- ...

. The newspaper wrote about issues facing the

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. It stopped publication in 1904, but was revived in 1926 and continued publication until 1928. The newspaper reflected the liberal views of its editor,

. The newspaper was also a supporter of the

Swadeshi movement The Swadeshi movement was a self-sufficiency movement that was part of the Indian independence movement and contributed to the development of Indian nationalism. Before the BML Government's decision for the partition of Bengal was made public i ...

References

{{reflist 1903 establishments in India Bengali-language newspapers published in India Defunct newspapers published in India Newspapers established in 1903 Newspapers published in Chittagong