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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