Character
It is known for its independent anti-establishment stance. It opposed the shifting of India's capital from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911 in the following terms: "The British have gone to the city of graveyards to be buried there".
It strenuously opposed Indira Gandhi's Emergency in 1975-77.
The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting is presented to outstanding journalists every year, irrespective of affiliation, for furthering the social uplifting of Indian indigents. The awards are presented on 16 September every year, the death anniversary of Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das, former Chief Justice of India's Supreme Court and chairman of The Statesman during the tumultuous Emergency years.
The newspaper is characterised by its terse reporting style.
From once being the most widely read English daily in West Bengal, the Statesman has lost ground to The Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Telegraph (Kolkata edition) in the states.
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