Oldest newspapers in India

Newspapers are a medium to understand the current affairs & keep up with times, and, the mornings in India begin with Tea and Newspapers. The first newspaper in the World started in the year 1656 in the name The Haarlems Dagblad, and since then many newspapers in various languages, colours, papers and formats have been published. Here we are presenting you a comprehensive list of the oldest newspapers in India that started before 1947 - the year of the Independence of India. Most of these newspapers were published in Broadsheet only.

1838

The Times of India (English) - started as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce

1843

Mangaluru Samachara (Kannada)

1853

Gujarat Mitra (Gujarati)

1865

The Pioneer (English)

1875

The Statesman (English)

1878

The Hindu (English)

1881

Kesari (Marathi), The Tribune (English)

1887

Deepika (Malayalam)

1888

Malayala Manorama (Malayalam)

1900

O Heraldo (English)

1908

Dina Thanthi (Tamil)

1911

Kerala Kaumudi (Malayalam), The Hitavada (English)

1919

The Samaja (Odia), Tarun Bharat (Marathi)

1920

Phulchhab (Gujarati)

1922

Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali)

1923

Mathrubhumi (Malayalam), Sandesh (Gujarati)

1924

Hindustan Times (English)

1927

The Musalman (Urdu)

1930

The Free Press Journal (English)

1931

The New Indian Express (English), The Indian Express (English)

1932

Sakal (Marathi), Gujarat Samachar (Gujarati)

1933

Dinamani (Tamil)

1934

Chandrika (Malayalam)

1936

Dainik Navajyoti (Hindi)

1937

Pudhari (Marathi), Nava Bharat (Hindi)

1938

The Inquilab (Urdu), Andhra Prabha (Telugu), Deccan Chronicle (English)

1939

The Assam Tribune (English)

1941

Ajit (Punjabi)

1942

Praja Shakti (Telugu), Dainik Jagran (Hindi)

1945

The Shillong Times (English)

1946

Navbharat Times (Hindi)

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Magazines in India in Gujarati language

Here is a list of currently published and defunct magazines and journals in the Gujarati language:

Snapshot of the earliest Gujarati magazine Sudarshan from Wikipedia.

Buddhiprakash — Now a monthly publication, Buddhiprakash started in 1850 as a fortnightly publication.

Chitralekha — Weekly news magazine founded in the year 1950.

Dalitchetna — Monthly magazine by Manoj Parmar that started in 2006.

Dhabak — Quarterly ghazal poetry journal started by Rashid Meer in 1991.

Doot — Doot (or Paavan Hriday Doot) is a Gujarati Catholic monthly that was started in the year 1911 by Jaswant Macwan. It's published from Anand, Gujarat.

Gazalvishwa — Gazalvishwa is a quarterly literary journal that publishes ghazals, ghazal reviews, critical works & interviews of ghazal poets and writers. Gazalvishwa was started in 2006 by Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin'.

Kavilok — Bimonthly poetry journal published from Ahmedabad.

Kumar — Gujarati literary magazine founded by artist and author Ravishankar Raval in 1924.

Parivesh — Quarterly literary magazine started by Rajesh Vankar in December 2012.

Safari — Monthly science and general knowledge magazine published by Harshal Publications, Ahmedabad.

Shabdasrishti — Gujarati literary magazine published by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi since 1983.

Defunct Gujarati language magazines

Chetana — Chetana was started as a monthly publication of the Praja Socialist Party in the year 1954 by Vasant Dalal.

Gujarati (1880–1929) — Ichcharam Desai started publication of Gujarati on weekly basis on 6 June 1880 on political, social and literary subjects. Gujarati was also instrumental in spreading the views of the then Indian National Congress (Congress) party.

Jnanasudha — Edited by Ramanbhai Neelkanth, Jnanasudha (also known as Gnansudha or Gyansudha) was a Gujarati magazine that was published between 1892 - 1919.

Kaumudi (1924–1937) — Gujarati literary critic Vijayrai Vaidya started the quarterly publication of Kaumudi in October 1924 on the occasion of Vijayadashami (Dussehra). The monthly publication of Kaumudi started in the year 1930, but, it was disestablished in the year 1937.

Priyamvada (1885–1890) — Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi started Priyamvada in August 1885 with the aim of educating women and later merged into Sudarshan in the year 1890.

Ruchi (1963-1968) — Literary magazine for the creative thought that was started by Chunilal Madia in the year 1963 after his return from the United States.

Satyaprakash (1852 - 1861) — Weekly magazine started by social reformer and journalist Karsandas Mulji that merged with Rast Goftar newspaper in 1861.

Stribodh (1857 - 1952) — One of the earliest magazines in India aimed at the country's women audience. It was started by K N Kabra and worked for the improvement of female education and the overall quality of life for women.

Sudarshan (1890 - 1904) — Gujarati magazine founded by Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi.

Vasant (1902 - 1939) — Vasant was a Gujarati language literary magazine that was started by Anandshankar Dhruv in the year 1902 and which played a key role in the development of Gujarati prose writing.

Vismi Sadi (1916 - 1920) — Haji Mohammed Allarakha Shivji, also known by his pen name Salim, started the Visami Sadi periodical in 1916 and translated several works in Urdu.

Business Publications in India

Business news, issues, events, challenges & other resources are covered by various publications across the country in digital and print media. Note that the publications are listed alphabetically below.

Business India — Business India is a fortnightly business news magazine that was started in the year 1978 by Ashok Hotchand Advani, Hiroo Advani, and Rajkumar Advani. Published by Business India Publications Ltd, Business India is published in English & some other Indian languages, and covers Corporate Reports, Industry Reports, Special reports, Business Notes, Businessmen in the news, Government and the economy, Banking and Finance, The Markets, Personality Profiles, and People.

Business India magazine is considered to be the pioneer of Indian business magazines.

Business Line — Business Line, or The Hindu Business Line, is a daily business newspaper that is published by Kasturi & Sons Ltd, which also publishes The Hindu newspaper from Chennai. Started in the year 1994, the current circulation of Business Line is 117,000 and its editor is Raghuvir Srinivasan.

Business Standard — Business Standard is a daily business newspaper published from Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, and Kochi. Started in 1975, Business Standard has a readership of over 500,000 and is published in Hindi and English languages. With ABP Group as its founding company, Business Standard was acquired by Kotak Mahindra Finance (now Kotak Mahindra Bank) in the year 1997.

Business Today — Business Today is part of the India Today group and is published by Living Media India Ltd that also owns the Aaj Tak TV news channel. Started in the year 1992, the magazine is published fortnightly and Prosenjit Datta is the current Editor of the magazine.

Business World — Business World is a business magazine that was started in the year 1981 by the ABP Group and is currently owned by Anurag Batra of the Exchange4Media group. With offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Chennai, Business World is published fortnightly and features Banks, Stock Market, Economy, Startups, Gadgets, Auto, Marketing & Advertising.

Economic Times — Started in 1961, Economic Times (ET) is the 2nd most-read business newspaper in the world after Wall Street Journal with a readership of over 800,000. ET is published from Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Indore & Bhopal, and is part of the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.

Financial Chronicle — Started in the year 2008, Financial Chronicle is a daily business newspaper published in English from Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi. With Shubhrangshu Roy as its Editor-in-chief, Financial Chronicle is a part of the Deccan Chronicle group that covers topics such as the Indian economy, international business, and other financial news.

Financial Express — Started in the year 1961, The Financial Express is a business daily newspaper owned by the Indian Express Group. The current editor of the newspaper is Sunil Jain and the corporate office is in Noida. A newspaper with the same name "Financial Express" is also published from Bangladesh which is unrelated to this venture.

Forbes India — Forbes India magazine is the Indian edition of the Forbes magazine that is managed & run by Network18 which is part of the Reliance Group. Started in the year 2008, Forbes India is published fortnightly and has a circulation of 50,000 copies. The current editor of the magazine is Brian Carvalho.

Mint — Mint is a business & financial newspaper from the bourses of HT Media and is published from Delhi. Mint was started in 2007 in collaboration with the Wall Stree Journal and was the first newspaper of the country to be published in Berliner format.

Outlook Business — Outlook Business is the second most-read business magazine in India and is part of the Rajan Raheja Group. Started in 2006, Outlook Business focuses on enterprises, strategy & markets, and is published by Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd.

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