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title: "'The Musalman', the handwritten daily published from which city of India?"
description: "'The Musalman', the handwritten daily published from which city of India?"
author: "Rahul Roi"
published: 2019-05-01
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category: "general knowledge"
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# 'The Musalman', the handwritten daily published from which city of India?
'The Musalman', the handwritten daily published from which city of [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health)?
## Answers
### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL
**The oldest Urdu Daily [Newspaper](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51815/the-maratha-and-the-kesri-were-the-two-main-newspapers-started-by) handwritten ‘The Musalman’ was published from the “Chennai” city of India**. The newspaper **was founded in the year 1927 by “Syed Azmathullah” in the shadow of the unflattering building of Wallajah Mosque in [Chennai](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44773/how-can-i-get-admission-in-sri-sai-ram-engineering-college-chennai).**
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In this modern era where every published newspaper work is done [digitally](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38540/what-is-the-deadline-set-by-the-indian-government-to-digitally-connect-all-1-29-323-gramin-dak-sewak-post-offices-in-rural-areas-across-the-country), so **it is very refreshing to see the tradition of calligraphy endure with newspaper The Musalman**. It is a **handwritten newspaper in [Urdu language](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48639/when-was-the-ramcharitmanas-105-year-old-urdu-copy-written) and has existed since 90 years**. Today the **editor of the newspaper is the grandson of the founder ‘Syed Arifullah’**, who took over the editor post in newspaper printing press after his father passed away. Calligraphy attains a special place in the writing of Urdu language by [Muslims](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36584/why-do-very-few-muslims-seem-to-join-the-indian-army) in India because it is rooted in their religion. **Along with Arifullah, there are other three specialist Calligraphers called Katibs**. \
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**These specialist Calligraphers write the newspaper and even all three reporters who seek out news**. There are **maximum readers are Muslim, but there are also Hindus who know the Urdu language and read the newspaper.** Overall on a **daily basis the number of copies circulation of 21,000** in that specific area and among its readers. \
In addition to this, there are also many famous people like religious leaders, royal owners, [writers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43482/what-writers-wrote-books-that-turned-many-americans-against-slavery), and poets also contribute to the newspaper. The paper, which reaches to its readers, is also available on newsstands for **less than a rupee, being precise it is 75 paisa** the exact price of the newspaper. **The newspaper has its readership all across India, therefore the copies were being delivered to Delhi, [Mumbai](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48651/who-is-the-writer-of-the-black-tornado-the-three-sieges-of-mumbai-26-11) and even [Kolkata](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39532/who-made-a-statement-of-end-of-strike-after-the-famous-rin-mutiny-of-1946-at-kolkata) too.**
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