Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided at
the 200-year celebrations of Asia’s oldest newspaper
Berjis Desai
When the Mumbai Samachar (MS) completed 200 years the milestone was celebrated in style on June 14, 2022 at India’s most state-of-the-art Jio World Convention Centre at the Bandra Kurla Complex. A postal stamp commemorating the newspaper was launched by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi who came to Bombay especially for the occasion at the request of the Cama family which has owned the newspaper for nearly a 100 years now. It was uncertain until the last moment whether the PM would be able to spare the time; but he did, and in great style too.
An audience of over......