Gorkhapatra (Nepali: गोरखापत्र) is the oldest Nepali language state-owned national daily newspaper of Nepal. It was started as a weekly newspaper in May 1901 and became a daily newspaper in 1961.It is managed by the Gorkhapatra Sansthan.The Rising Nepal is the sister newspaper of Gorkhapatra in English language.
It is the sixth oldest newspaper in continuous publication in South Asia and the oldest in Nepal.Gorkha Bharat Jiban, edited by Motiram Bhatta was published in Varanasi in 1886 is considered the first Nepali language newsmagazine ever published. Gorkhapatra is the second Nepali-language newspaper to be published in Nepal, after Sudha Sagar.
It was founded by Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana on 6 May 1901 (24 Baisakh 1958 BS).
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