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India has a long history of printing. India's first printing press was set up as early as in 1674 in Mumbai (Bombay). Calcutta General Advertise, the first newspaper of India (also known as the Hicky's Bengal Gazette) [1] started in January 1780, and the first Hindi daily, Samachar Sudha Varshan, started in 1854 - three years before the first freedom struggle of India in 1857.
Hindi news media has its dominant presence in a large part of the country. India being a multi-lingual country, the Hindi-belt is considered to be a group of states which are predominantly Hindi-speaking. A common understanding of the Hindi belt includes states of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and the union territory of Chandigarh.[2]
Hindi all story
Currently India publishes about 1,000 Hindi Dailies that have a total circulation of about 80 million copies. English, the second language in terms of number of daily newspapers, has about 250 dailies with a circulation of about 40 million copies.[3] The prominent Hindi newspapers are Dainik Jagaran, Dainik Bhaskar, Amar Ujala, Navbharat Times, Hindustan Dainik, Rajasthan Patrika, Nai Dunia etc.
In terms of readership, Dainik Jagran is the No. One Hindi daily with a total readership (TR) of 54,583,000, according to IRS Round One 2009. Dainik Bhaskar occupies the second slot with a total readership of 33,500,000. Amar Ujala with TR of 28,674,000, Hindustan Dainik with TR of 26,769,000 and Rajasthan Patrika with a TR of 14,051,000 are placed at the next three positions. The total readership of Top 10 Hindi dailies is estimated at 188.68 million, nearly five times of Top 10 English dailies that have 38.76 million total readership.[4]
Hindi News Channels
The prominent Hindi television news channels are Aaj Tak, Star News, Zee News, NDTV India etc. The prominent Hindi news websites are usually the online presence of the Hindi newspapers or news channels. Webdunia.com, one of the largest webportals and which is also a venture of the newspaper Nai Dunia, however, has created a distinct identity of its own. Incidentally, Nai Dunia claims to be the first Hindi newspaper on the Internet.
References
- ^ http://www.pressreference.com/Gu-Ku/India.html
- ^ http://www.exchange4media.com/IRS/2009/fullstory.asp?Section_id=40&News_id=34741&Tag=30062
- ^ http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/05230335/Hindi-dailies-with-local-news.html
- ^ http://www.exchange4media.com/IRS/2009/fullstory.asp?Section_id=40&News_id=34692&Tag=29960
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