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Dainik Jagran is a Hindi newspaper. It is the most widely read newspaper in India and the second largest newspaper in India by circulation according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (India). Dainik Jagran has been the most read newspaper in India for the 25th time in a row. 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 journalistic source in India in a survey commissioned by BBC-Reuters.
The newspaper is owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited, a publisher 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 struggle for Indian freedom (Quit movement India) by Shri Puran Chandra Gupta, JC Arya and Shri Gurudev Gupta a nationalist, to express nationalist feelings. His legacy was carried forward by literary stalwarts such as Narendra Mohan, who carried forward the newspaper's editorial legacy.
In 1947, a second edition made its appearance in Kanpur. In a succession of planned expansions, the Rewa and Bhopal editions 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. Dainik Jagran then ventured to other states such as Uttarakhand, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal. The group also started several educational initiatives at the junior and senior levels.