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Dainik Jagran is an Indian newspaper in Hindi language. It is India's largest reading newspaper and India's second largest newspaper for circulation according to the Office of Audit of Circulations (India). Dainik Jagran has been the most read newspaper in India for 25 consecutive times. It has also been declared by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) as one of the most widely read newspapers in the world. It was named the most credible newspaper source in India in a poll commissioned by BBC-Reuters.
The newspaper is owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited, a publishing house listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India. Jagran Prakashan Limited also acquired Mid Day in 2010 and Naiduniya in 2012. The newspaper was launched in 1942 in Jhansi during the Quit India movement by Shri Puran Chandra Gupta, JC Arya and Shri Gurudev Gupta a nationalist, for Expressing Nationalism His legacy was carried forward by literary stalwarts like Narendra Mohan who has carried forward the editorial legacy of the paper.
In 1947, a second edition made its appearance in Kanpur. In a succession of planned expansions, editions of Rewa and Bhopal were added in 1953 and 1956. Gorakhpur was added in 1975, followed by Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut, Agra, Aligarh and Bareilly in the 1980s and finally Delhi In 1990. Later Of this Dainik Jagran ventured into other states such as Uttarakhand, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal. The vision of Puran Chandra was also realized through the educational initiatives of the group at both the junior and higher levels.
