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Bartaman Patrika is an Indian Bengali newspaper published in Kolkata, West Bengal, India by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. In addition to the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has three other simultaneous editions, published daily in three major cities of West Bengal: Siliguri, Burdwan and Midnapore. Bartaman is the second largest Bengali newspaper in India after Anandabazar Patrika. The newspaper was founded on December 7, 1984 by Barun Sengupta, a former journalist of Anandabazar Patrika. Sengupta died on June 19, 2008 in Kolkata. Since April 2002, Bartaman Patrika has published an online version. The main competitor of Bartaman is Anandabazar Patrika, published since 1922. Bartaman ranks second after Anandabazar Patrika in West Bengal, by readers and circulation; Its daily circulation is approximately 40% of that of Anandabazar Patrika.
