Amrit Bazar Patrika was started on 20 February 1868 by Sisir Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh, sons of Hari Naryan Ghosh, a rich merchant from Magura, in District Jessore, in Bengal Province of British Empire in India. The family had constructed a Bazaar and named it after Amritamoyee, wife of Hari Naryan Ghosh. Amrit Bazar Patrika was started as a weekly first. It was first edited by Motilal Ghosh. The paper discontinued its publication in 1991 after 123 years of publication.