Champak

{{short description|Indian children's magazine}} {{about|the magazine|the flower|Magnolia champaca|similar uses|Champaka (disambiguation){{!}}Champaka}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox Magazine | title = Champak | image_file = Champak.jpg | image_size = 200px | editor = | frequency = Fortnightly | circulation = | category = Children's Magazine | company = Delhi Press Group | founded = 1969 | country = India | language = English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, | website = {{URL|champak.in}} | issn = | }} '''Champak''' is a popular fortnightly magazine for children published by the Delhi Press Group since 1969 in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ekikrat.in/Champak-magazine|title= Champak magazine|accessdate=14 February 2011 }}</ref> ''Champak'' competes with Amar Chitra Katha's ''Tinkle'' and Geodesic's ''Chandamama'' brands of magazines. ''Champak'' is published twice a month. It is published in English and 7 other Indian languages. ''Champak'' also launched a monthly school magazine called ''Champak Plus''.

==History== ''Champak'' was founded in 1969<ref>{{cite book|title=The Far East and Australasia 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LclscNCTz9oC&pg=PA490|accessdate=2 June 2016|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-133-9|page=489}}</ref> by Vishwanath of Delhi Press. At that time, ''Champak'' competed with ''Chandamama'', one of the best Children's selling magazines and Parag (Times of Indian Press) and Nandan (Hindustan Times Press). In 1980, another competitor, ''Tinkle'' was released. Yet 'til now, ''Champak'' remains one of the favourite magazines of children in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theoriginof.com/champak.html|title=Champak|accessdate=14 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721180023/http://www.theoriginof.com/champak.html|archive-date=21 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Champak Jogo Disk== A CD or DVD is given free of cost with a pack of Multimedia Edition ''Champak''. The CD contains games, activities and interactive graphics for a child to learn.

==Contests== ''Champak'' has also been conducting Story Writing Contests for children under 12 years old since 2008. The final round is held in New Delhi.

''Champak'''s annual writing and painting competition is called 'Champak Creative Child Contest'.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/The-Champak-Creative-Child-Contest-an-all-India-story-writing-and-painting-competition-will-be-conducted-on-February-6-at-the-National-Rail-Museum-Chanakya-Puri-/articleshow/7425977.cms The Champak Creative Child Contest] ''The Times of India''. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2016.</ref> {{clear}}

==See also== *Balarama (magazine) *Tinkle

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{official website}} * [http://www.delhipress.in/ ''Champak'' at Delhi Press] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721180023/http://www.theoriginof.com/champak.html ''Champak'' at Originof.com] * {{Facebook|ChampakMagazine}} * {{Youtube|c=UC7X2tbWKBrUTUFSp0ALB0-A}}

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