List of Assamese-language media
This is a list of media in the Assamese language, an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. Assamese-language print media date to Orunodoi, a periodical first published by American Baptist missionaries from Sivasagar in 1846.[1]
Newspapers
Daily newspapers
- Dainik Asam – launched in 1965; sister publication of The Assam Tribune[2]
- Dainik Janambhumi – launched in 1972 from Jorhat[3]
- Dainik Agradoot – published from Guwahati
- Asomiya Pratidin – launched in 1995
- Amar Asom – launched in 1995; published by G. L. Publications
- Asomiya Khabar – launched in 2001
- Janasadharan – launched in 2003
- Dainik Gana Adhikar – published from Guwahati and Silchar
- Niyomiya Barta – launched in 2011
Weekly newspapers
- Janambhumi – weekly established in 1947, predecessor of Dainik Janambhumi
Magazines and periodicals
Historical
- Orunodoi – first Assamese periodical, 1846[4]
- Jonaki – literary journal launched in 1889, associated with the Jonaki era of Assamese literature
- Banhi – literary magazine edited by Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- Awahan – literary magazine of the 1930s
- Ramdhenu – literary magazine edited by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, central to post-independence Assamese literature
Current
- Prantik – fortnightly magazine founded by Bhabendra Nath Saikia
- Gariyoshi – literary monthly
- Bismoi – popular monthly
- Nandini – women's magazine of the Sadin–Pratidin group
- Mouchaq – children's magazine
Television
News channels include Prag News (2001), News Live (2008), DY365 (2008), Assam Talks, Pratidin Time (2015), and News18 Assam North East (2016). Entertainment channels include Rang, Rengoni, and Ramdhenu. DD North East, the regional service of public broadcaster Doordarshan, also carries Assamese-language programming.
Radio
Cinema
Assamese-language cinema began with Joymoti (1935), directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala.
See also
References
- ↑ "Orunodoi". Retrieved 17 July 2026.
- ↑ "About". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ "About Us". Dainik Janambhumi. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ "Orunodoi founder Dr Nathan Brown remembered". The Assam Tribune. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2026.