![]() History of Newspapers in India The historyof newspaper in India began in 1780, with the publication of the ‘Bengal Gazette’ from Kolkata. The advent of the first newspaper in India occurred in the capital city of West Bengal, Calcutta (now Kolkata). James Augustus Hickey is considered the "father of Indian press" as he started the first Indian newspaper from Kolkata, the 'Bengal Gazette' or 'Calcutta General Advertise' in January, 1780. This first printed newspaper was a weekly publication. In 1789, the first newspaper from Bombay (now Mumbai), the 'Bombay Herald' appeared, followed by the 'Bombay Courier' in the following year. Later, this newspaper merged with the Times of India in 1861. These newspapers carried news of the areas under the British rule. The first newspaper published in an Indian language was the ‘Samachar Darpan’ in Bengali during the period of Lord Hastings. The first issue of this daily was published from the Serampore Mission Press on May 23, 1818. On July 1, 1822 the first Gujarati newspaper, the ‘Bombay Samachar’, was published from Mumbai, which is still in existence. The first Hindi newspaper, the ‘Samachar Sudha Varshan’ started its circulation in 1854. Since then, the prominent Indian languages in which newspapers had been published over the years are Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Urdu and Bengali languages. ![]() Press Trust of India Press Trust of India is the largest news agency in India. Located at Delhi, it is a non-profit two-way among more than 500 Indian newspapers. It gives news reporting and information of the area in both English and Hindi. It employs over 400 journalists and 500 part-time correspondents situated in most of the district headquarters in the country. List of Newspapers in India Following is a list of the newspapers in India by readership according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2014: Some of the other popular newspapers in India are Sikkim Express, Jansatta, Punjab Kesari, Arunachal Front, Deccan Chronicle, Deccan Herald, Greater Kashmir, Mid Day, Mumbai Mirror, Seven Sisters Post, The Assam Tribune, The Indian Express, The Telegraph, Samyukta Karnataka, Lokmat, Maharashtra Times, Suryaa, Prabhanjan Sanket and so on. |