Purvanchal Prahari

Background

Purvanchal Prahari was the first ever Hindi daily of the North East published by the GL Publications Ltd. About half a million Hindi-speaking people live in the North Eastern region in closer harmony with local multi-ethnic population. GL Publications was established in 1988 in Guwahati by Mr. GL Agarwalla a businessman and philanthropist.

Purvanchal Prahari was launched on May 16, 1989. This is the only Hindi daily in the region with ABC certification

Reach out & Advertising Growth

Since its inception, this daily remained the market leader and was able to establish as one of the most sought after one by the Hindi-speaking people owing to its unbiased reporting and highlighting of vivid and varied problems being faced by them. It was also able to bridge the cultural gap the Hindi-speaking people felt in the region. The daily is simultaneously published from Guwahati, Jorhat and Lakhimpur. Its wide network of correspondents reaches out to every nook and cranny of the North Eastern region and portrays news and events with a realistic and humanistic approach. Whenever, Hindi-speaking people of the region were in trouble, Purvanchal Prahari came to their rescue highlighting their problems not only at the regional level but also at national level.

Therefore one of the best medium to reach out to the Hindi Speaking people of the Northeast is through the newspaper of Purbanchal Prahari