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The Statesman is one of India's oldest English newspapers. Itwasfounded in Kolkata in 1875 and is directly descended fromTheFriend of India (founded 1818). The Englishman (founded 1821)wasmerged with The Statesman in 1934. The Delhi edition ofTheStatesman began publication in 1931. The Statesman Weekly isacompendium of news and views from the Kolkata and Delhieditions.Printed on airmail paper, it is popular with readersoutside India.The Statesman (average weekday circulationapproximately 180,000)is a leading English newspaper in WestBengal. The Sunday Statesmanhas a circulation of 230,000. TheStatesman has distinguisheditself through objective coverage ofevents, its value as an honestpurveyor of news emphasised at timesof crisis such as the BengalFamine of 1943 and the infamousinternal Emergency of themid-1970s. It is forthright in theexpression of its views. Itspursuit of the truth has beenrelentless and often at considerablecost to itself, as when thegovernment of Indira Gandhi, in grossabuse of power, attempted tosuppress its voice and when thegovernment of Rajiv Gandhiinterfered with the grant of statutoryclearances to itsmodernization plans unless the paper changed itseditorial stance.The Statesman prevailed, as the truth mustprevail, and remains afavourite of readers in Kolkata and otherparts of India. TheStatesman is now available on your androidphones & tablets. Theapp, powered by Readwhere features : *Updated news of every hour *Get notified instantly for everybreaking news * New issues getautomatically refreshed whenpublished * Mark news article asfavourite to read it later inoffline mode * E-paper integrated inthe app * Pinch zoom-in &zoom-out feature * Page by pagenavigation * Automatically savespages to read offline * Subscribeto your favourite edition and getnotified when the new issue isavailable.