Akhbar-e-Madina (), or Madina for short, was an Urdu-language biweekly anti-colonial newspaper published in Bijnor, IndiaRama Rao, T. V., and G. D. Binani. India at a Glance; A Comprehensive Reference Book on India. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1954. p. 797 between 1912 and 1975.
The newspaper first appeared in 1912.Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Bijnor. Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 266 It was founded by Maulvi Majeed Hasan,Indian Book Chronicle, Vol. 18–21. Vivek Trust, 1993. p. 12 and its first editor was Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi.India (Republic), and Jagadish Nataranjan. Report. Delhi: Manager of Publications], 1954. p. 205 It had its own printing press, Madina Press.
It was one of the most prominent Muslim newspapers in the United Provinces.Dhulipala, Venkat. Rallying Around the Qaum: The Muslims of the United Provinces and the Movement for Pakistan. [S.l.]: Proquest, Umi Dissertatio, 2011. pp. 226-227 It won acceptance from the readers through its systematic arrangement of news items and high-quality calligraphy.Communicator, Vol. 32. Shri Anjan Kumar Banerji at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, 1997. p. 17 Read across the Indian subcontinent, it played a significant role in shaping Muslim public opinion. Politically it was supportive of the Indian National Congress.Sayeed, Khalid B. Pakistan, the Formative Phase, 1857-1948. London: Oxford University Press, 1968. p. 201 It opposed the continuation of princely states, particularly the Bhopal State.Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, and Waheed Ahmad. The Nation's Voice, Towards Consolidation: Speeches and Statements. Karachi, Pakistan: Quaid-i-Azam Academy, 1992. p. 790
Madina's circulation in 1922 was 12,500. By 1927, it had dropped to 6,500; and by 1931, it was 6,000.Pandey, Gyanendra. The Ascendancy of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh: Class, Community and Nation in Northern India, 1920-1940. London: Anthem Press, 2002. p. 64 The newspaper was published on the 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, 17th, 21st, 25th and 28th of each month.
In the fall of 1942 Madina asked its readers to send letters on the Pakistan movement, and published these community views.
In the early 1960s, Saeed Akhtar became Madina's editor.India News and Feature Alliance. Press and Advertisers Year Book. New Delhi: Infa Publications, 1963. p. 154
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