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Ananda Bazar Patrika (Bengali: ; Bengali: [an nd bad ar P t rika]) is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published in Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai and Silchar by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.1 million copies as of Jul-Dec 2015. Presently, the newspaper is edited by Anirban Chattopadhyay after Aveek Sarkar resigned. Its main competitors are Bartaman, Sangbad Pratidin, Ei Samay.
The paper was founded in 1922 by its inaugural editor Prafulla Kumar Sarkar and the founder proprietor, Suresh Chandra Majumdar. It was first printed on 13 March 1922 and was against British rule. In 1922 it first published as a four/page evening daily. The first colour printing (the features section). News comes to a standstill as ABP faces a 51-day strike. The internet edition of the newspaper was launched in the year 2001. In 2010, Time Inc. entered into a license agreement with ABP Group, one of India s largest media conglomerate to publish Fortune India magazine.This magazine is publishing the famous Fortune India 500 list every year. ABP Group launches Ebela, a Bengali tabloid.
