Dainik Jagran

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Dainik Jagran is a Hindi daily newspaper. It is principally published in Northern India.

1 History
2 Present
3 Achievements
4 External links

[edit] History

Established in 1942, Dainik Jagran was the brainchild of a revolutionary Indian Freedom fighter, Puran Chandra Gupta. Narendra Mohan took the paper to its meteoric rise. The first Edition was launched from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh in 1942. In 1947, it shifted its headquarters to Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and launched its second edition – the Lucknow Edition.

[edit] Present

Currently, "Dainik Jagran" has 32 editions and the only daily to print over 200 sub-editions, each one customized in content to the needs of the readers in different geographical areas. Today, Dainik Jagran has 29 Printing Centers in 10 States, with over 200 sub-editions. Presently, it is published from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh; Footprint states: West Bengal.

[edit] Achievements

According to NRS-2005 DAINIK JAGRAN is the highest read National Daily across all languages (including English) in India with a phenomenal readership of 21.24 Million Readers.
The 1st Indian publication to cross the 20 million mark. An ABC certified Net paid Sales of over 2.4 million copies (Source : ABC Jan-Jun 05).