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标题：Growth and Distribution of Hindi, English, and Urdu Periodicals in India: An Analysis (1941-2013)
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作者：Ramesh Pandita
期刊名称：DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
电子版ISSN：0976-4658
出版年度：2014
卷号：34
期号：4
语种：English
出版社：DESIDOC, Ministry of Defence, India
摘要：India is a very vast country with over 1.2 billion population, having diversity at all fronts, mostly linguistic, cultural, regional, religious, and many more, still if there is any tool or instrument in the hands of common masses which unifies people, helps them come closer and reduces this diversity is language. A common language spoken by people from two diverse fields binds them together. In the present paper attempt has been made to understand the publication pattern of Hindi, English and Urdu newspaper and other periodicals published in India, along with growth and distribution during during the period 1941-2013. In India as on date 37.50 % periodicals are published in Hindi, 14.51 % in English, and 4.97 % in Urdu. Apart from these 43 % periodicals are published in other regional and vernacular languages. To undertake the present study data was retrieved from the official website of Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) on January 20, 2014. The study is aimed to evaluate areas like, periodicity, registration pattern, languages covered, year and decade-wise growth of Hindi, English and Urdu periodicals and many other similar areas in correlation with the population both at federal and national level. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.14429/djlit.34.5920
关键词：Newspapers, Language, Hindi, English, Urdu, India, RNI, Periodicals