Samachar (Hindi for "information") was founded in February 1976, after the merger of United News of India, Press Trust of India, Samachar Bharati and Hindusthan Samachar.[1][2][3][4][5] The news agency was directly under the control of the government of India.
| Industry | News media |
|---|---|
| Founded | February 1976 |
| Headquarters |
Background
editDuring the period of emergency, on 26 July 1975, the government of India took the decision to merge the four teleprinter news agencies of India and form a single nationalised news agency.[4] The employees' unions of the four agencies supported the idea.[6] Hence in February 1976, United News of India, PTI, Hindustan Samachar and Samachar Bharati were merged to form a single news agency, Samachar.[7]
After the defeat of Indira Gandhi's government in 1977 election, the Kuldip Nayar Committee was formed to examine the structure of Samachar as a news agency.
On 14 November 1977, the committee recommended the independence of the four news agencies as they were before the emergency period.[6]
Thus, on 14 April 1978, all four news agencies split from Samachar, and Samachar became the news portal of Government of India.[8]
References
edit- ↑ Aggarwal 1989, p. 190.
- ↑ Kanung 2001, p. 114.
- ↑ Jones 2015.
- 1 2 Kumar 2000.
- ↑ Mehta 1979, p. 84.
- 1 2 Shrivastava 2007, p. 56.
- ↑ Shrivastava 2007, p. 51.
- ↑ Shrivastava 2007, p. 57.
Bibliography
edit- Aggarwal, S. K. (1989). Media Credibility. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170991571.
- Jones, Derek, ed. (2015). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 9781136798634.
- Kanung, Chitra (2001). Freedom Under Assault. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 114. ISBN 9788176482264.
- Kumar, Keval J. (2000). Mass Communication in India. Jaico Publishing House. ISBN 9788172243739.
- Mehta, D. S. (1979). Mass Communication and Journalism in India. Allied Publishers. ISBN 9788170233534.
- Sharma, Diwakar (2004). Mass Communication: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century. Deep and Deep Publications. ISBN 9788176295079.
- Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9781932705676.
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