The InquilabGroup 4:Sayali GaikwadSanchita KadamUtkarsha KotianVinayak Tople

History of INQUILAB

• State of Urdu journalism in Bombay

• Early days

• Support to the Muslim league

• It’s Policy

• Appeal for peace and calm post independence

• Partition of India• Indo- Pak war

Ownership

• 1st owner – Abdul Hamid Ansari

• 2nd owner – Khalid Ansari

• Current Owners – Jagran Prakashan (Since May 2010)

Editors

• 1st Editor –

Gulam Ahmed Arzoo

• Ex-Editor – Fuzail Jaffrey

• Present Editor – Shahid Latif

Mission

• Upliftment

• Change

• Voice

• Concept of “Qaum”

Important landmarks

• Relief fund for Bengal (1943)

• Increase in Number of Pages (1947)

• During Partition of India

• Reporting Stalin’s death• Reporting during

‘Samyukta Maharashtra Andolan’

• Reporting Prohibition of Liquor in Maharashtra.

• Attempt towards preventing Communal riots.

• Dependence on Mid Day

• Special Anniversary Edition

• Change in outlook and launch of “Qaum”

• Take over by Jagran Prakashan

• Muslim Education and Women upliftment

Other Work

Current Scenario

• Threats : Internal and External

• Readership style

• 1996 trivia

• Idealistic content

References

1. Research by Mr. Aamer Mansoor Trambu

2. Abdul Hameed Ansari: Revolutionary Journalist and Freedom Fighter.

3. Information shared by journalists at Inquilab and Mid-Day Infomedia.

Acknowledgements• Mr. Aamer Mansoor Trambu,

Journalist with Saudi Gazette

• Mr. Javed Jamaluddin Shaikh, Bureau Chief, Sahara India Mass Communication, ex-senior reporter with Inquilab

• Shahid Latif’s interview by twocircles.net

• Imtiaj, Sales and Marketing, Mid-Day Infomedia.