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Use of DataThe Telegraph, founded in 1982 is an English-language daily broadsheet published by Ananda Publishers in Kolkata, West Bengal1. It is owned by ABP Pvt. Ltd2. Three editions are distributed through Calcutta3, and South- and North-Bengal4. The editor-in-chief is Atideb Sarkar.
The Telegraph was founded on 7 July 1982. The design director of London's The Sunday Times, Edwin Taylor, designed the newspaper and provided a standard in design and editing. In 31 years, it has become the largest-circulation English daily in the eastern region published from Kolkata. In 1982, M. J. Akbar used to edit and design the daily newspaper; thus it had a major impact on newspaper journalism in India.
The Telegraph is published by media group Ananda Publishers closely associated with ABP Pvt. Ltd; the group also published Anandabazar Patrika (a Bengali language newspaper) since 13 March 1922.[5] Apart from newspapers the group even published Bengali and English periodicals like Anandamela, Unish-Kuri, Sananda, Anandalok, Desh magazine, The Telegraph in Schools and Career.