The Samaja

{{Short description|Indian Newspaper}}

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| name = The Samaja

| logo = The_Samaja.jpg

| image = The Samaja 2019 stamp of India.jpg

| caption = A 2019 stamp dedicated to the 100th anniversary of The Samaja

| type = Daily

| format = Print, online

| owners = Lok Sevak Mandal

| founder = Gopabandhu Dash

| publisher = Dr. Pravas Acharya {{cite web|title=Trust : Servants of the People Society |url=http://thesamaja.com/content.php?key=3| publisher=The Samaja |access-date=20 July 2012}}

| editor = Sri Tapan Kumar Mishra

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| foundation = 1919

| political = Independent

| language = Odia

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| headquarters = Cuttack

| circulation = 3,50,000

| sister newspapers = [http://www.samajalive.in/ samajalive.in]

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| website = [http://www.thesamaja.in/ thesamaja.in]

| free = [https://samajaepaper.in/ samajaepaper.in]

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The Samaja is an Odia daily newspaper published in Cuttack, Odisha, India; started in 1919, it is one of the oldest papers in India.{{Cite web|last=OdAdmin|date=2020-09-26|title=IIMC Dhenkanal Holds Virtual Panel Discussion on the Occasion of the Centenary of 'The Samaja'|url=https://orissadiary.com/iimc-dhenkanal-holds-virtual-panel-discussion-on-the-occasion-of-the-centenary-of-the-samaja/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Odisha Breaking News {{!}} Odisha News {{!}} Latest Odisha News{{!}} Odisha Diary|language=en-US}} Gopabandhu Das, a prominent freedom fighter and social worker started it as a weekly from Satyabadi in Puri district of Odisha to facilitate the freedom struggle and to revive the moribund Odia language. Under his leadership, and with the support of local people, the paper grew into prominence. In 1928, just before the death of Das, the paper was handed over to Lok Sevak Mandal (Servants of People Society), a non-profit organization started by freedom-fighter Lala Lajapatrai.{{Cite web|url=http://sops.in/|title=Servants of the People Society|website=sops.in|accessdate=10 April 2024}} The society still runs the paper.{{Cite web|url=http://thesamaja.in/|title=The Samaja : Satyabadi, Saptahik, ePaper, Gimsar, Portal, Sops|website=thesamaja.in|accessdate=10 April 2024}}