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unusual facts about The Statesman's Yearbook


Frederick Martin

Frederick Martin (editor) (1830–1883), German-born, British statistician, founder of The Statesman's Yearbook and its editor for twenty years 1864–1883


Amala and Kamala

In 1926, Joseph Amrito Lal Singh, the rector of the local orphanage, published an account in the The Statesman published from Calcutta saying that the two girls were given to him by a man who lived in the jungle near the village of Godamuri, in the district of Midnapore, west of Calcutta, and that the girls, when he first saw them, lived in a sort of cage near the house.

B. G. Horniman

Before coming to India in 1906 to join the Statesman in Calcutta as its news editor, he had worked with several dailies in England including the Daily Chronicle and the Manchester Guardian.

Bengal famine of 1943

Editorials in The Statesman: Two editorials were published on the famine, on 14 and 16 October 1943, by Ian Stephens, the editor of The Statesman.

Charles Howard-Bury

It was at this time that Henry Newman of The Statesman in Calcutta (now Kolkata) obtained descriptions from the expedition's porters on their return to Darjeeling.

John Clark Marshman

In 1875 the Friend of India amalgamated with another paper The Englishman, becoming The Statesman which remains one of India's leading English-language dailies.

Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri

He wrote two books on military matters and served as a literary reviewer for a leading Indian daily The Statesman.

Jyotirmoy Datta

He worked for The Statesman, Calcutta's oldest English-language daily, as feature writer, film critic, correspondent, and associate editor.

Robert Walling

He was editor of the Cunard Daily Bulletin and Magazine in Liverpool in 1919, moved to Calcutta as the sub-editor of The Statesman from 1921–1924 and then moved to Manchester as sub-editor of the Manchester Evening News.

Silchar

Besides the local newspapers, national dailies like The Telegraph, Anandabazar Patrika, The Times of India, The Statesman etc. are available.

The Statesman

BBC reported that the Muslims were upset with The Statesman for reproducing Johann Hari's article "Why should I respect these oppressive religions?" from the UK's The Independent daily in its February edition.

Vishal Arora

Arora's articles have appeared in Guardian, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, USA Today, Daily Caller, World Politics Review, Foreign Policy in Focus, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, The Deccan Herald, The Tribune, The Statesman, Mint, Indo-Asian News Service, Sify.com, Swagat, The International Indian (U.A.E), Compass Direct News (U.S.), Religion News Service (U.S.), and Religious Intelligence (UK).


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