History
It was incorporated and directly descended from two newspapers: The Englishman and The Friend of India, both published from Kolkata. The Englishman was started in 1811. An Englishman named Robert Knight - previously the principal founder and editor of The Times of India - founded the new newspaper with a name of The Statesman and New Friend of India on 15 January 1875. Soon after, the name was shortened to the present The Statesman. During the British era, it was British run and managed, but after independence, control passed to Indians.
Its first Indian editor was Mr Pran Chopra.
In February 2009, the editor (Ravindra Kumar) and publisher (then Anand Sinha) of The Statesman were arrested on charges of "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims. BBC reported that the Muslims were upset with the Statesman for reproducing Johann Hari's article "Why should I respect these oppressive religions?" from the UK's The Independent daily in its 5 February edition.
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