HISTORY:

THE TIMES OF INDIA WAS FOUNDED ON NOVEMBER 3, 1838. IT BECAME A DAILY EDITION IN 1850, AND IS THE
HIGHEST CIRCULATING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PAPER IN INDIA. THE TIMES OF INDIA IS PUBLISHED
SIMULTANEOUSLY IN MULTIPLE EDITIONS (MUMBAI, DELHI, CALCUTTA, AND AHMEDABAD AMONG THEM), WITH
SOME CONTENT DIFFERENCES IN EACH. THE TIMES OF INDIA IS PUBLISHED BY BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. AS
PART OF THE TIMES GROUP. THE TIMES GROUP PUBLISHESTHE BUSINESS DAILY THE ECONOMIC TIMES, THE
TABLOID-STYLE NEWSPAPER MIRROR IN SEVERAL CITIES, AND HAS OTHER NEWSPAPERS IN HINDI & MARATHI.
THE TIMES GROUP ALSO OWNS RADIO MIRCHI, AN FM RADIO NETWORK AND A BUSINESS TV CHANNEL ET NOW
AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWS CHANNEL TIMES NOW. THE GROUPʼS TIMES INTERNET LIMITED OFFERS EMAIL,
SOCIAL NETWORKING AND A HOST OF OTHER SERVICES & SITES. IT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT IN BOOK PUBLISHING,
MUSIC PUBLISHING, OUTDOOR MEDIA AND EVENT MANAGEMENT.
FOUNDER:
• DALMIA BHARAT GROUP, (DBG) IS AN CONGLOMERATE COMPANY, WHICH TRACE THEIR ORIGIN
TO THE BUSINESSES ESTABLISHED BY RAMKRISHNA DALMIA AND JAIDAYAL DALMIA . THE
DALMIA BROTHERS ESTABLISHED A BUSINESS CONGLOMERATE IN EASTERN INDIA, IN THE FIRST
HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN THE 1930S, THE GROUP MERGED WITH THE BUSINESSES OF
THE SAHUARITA JAIN FAMILY TO FORM THE DALMIA-JAIN GROUP. IN 1948, THE TWO FAMILIES
DECIDED TO SPLIT THE BUSINESSES; THE DALMIA BUSINESSES WERE FURTHER DIVIDED
BETWEEN RAMKRISHNA AND JAIDAYAL.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT:

IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN INDIA BY CIRCULATION AND LARGEST SELLING ENGLISH-
LANGUAGE DAILY IN THE WORLD. IT IS THE OLDEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER IN INDIA,
AND THE SECOND-OLDEST INDIAN NEWSPAPER STILL IN CIRCULATION, WITH ITS FIRST EDITION
PUBLISHED IN 1838. IT IS NICKNAMED AS "THE OLD LADY OF BORING BUNDER”AND IS AN
“NEWSPAPER OF RECORD “.
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THE TIMES OF INDIA HAS ITS EDITIONS IN MAJOR CITIES SUCH AS MUMBAI, AGRA, AHMEDABAD,
ALLAHABAD, AURANGABAD, BAREILLY, BANGALORE, BELGAUM, BHOPAL, BHUBANESWAR, COIMBATORE,
CHANDIGARH, CHENNAI, DEHRADUN, DELHI, GORAKHPUR, GURGAON, GUWAHATI, GWALIOR, HUBLI,
HYDERABAD, INDORE, JABALPUR, JAIPUR, JAMMU, KANPUR, KOCHI, KOLHAPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW,
LUDHIANA, MADURAI, MALABAR, MANGALORE, MEERUT, MYSORE, NAGPUR, NASHIK, NAVI MUMBAI, NOIDA,
PANAJI, PATNA, PONDICHERRY, PUNE, RAIPUR, RAJKOT, RANCHI, SHIMLA, SURAT, THANE, TIRUCHIRAPALLY,
TRIVANDRUM, VADODARA, VARANASI, VIJAYAWADA AND VISAKHAPATNAM.
EDITIONS:

• THE TIMES OF INDIA IS PUBLISHED BY THE MEDIA GROUP BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. THE COMPANY,
ALONG WITH ITS OTHER GROUP OF COMPANIES, KNOWN AS THE TIMES GROUP, ALSO PUBLISHES
AHMEDABAD MIRROR, BANGALORE MIRROR, MUMBAI MIRROR, PUNE MIRROR; ECONOMIC TIMES; ET
PANACHE (MUMBAI, DELHI AND BANGALORE ON MONDAY TO FRIDAY) AND TIMES OF INDIA ET PANACHE
(PUNE AND CHENNAI ON EVERY SATURDAY); EI SAMAY, (A BENGALI DAILY); MAHARASHTRA TIMES, (A
MARATHI DAILY); NAVBHARAT TIMES, (A HINDI DAILY).
SPECIALITY:

• THE TIMES OF INDIA IS A READERFRIENDLY PAPER WITH ATTRACTIVE

PRESENTATION. IT DESERVES CREDIT FOR UNDERSTANDING BOTH READERS
AND ADVERTISERS. IT IS AN EXCELLENT MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING. IT IS
TRENDY, YOUTHFUL, VIBRANT, RELIABLE AND QUICK TO FEEL THE PULSE OF
PEOPLE.
STANDING:

IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN INDIA BY CIRCULATION AND LARGEST SELLING ENGLISH-
LANGUAGE DAILY IN THE WORLD. IT IS THE OLDEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER IN INDIA,
AND THE SECOND-OLDEST INDIAN NEWSPAPER STILL IN CIRCULATION, WITH ITS FIRST EDITION
PUBLISHED IN 1838. NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE 20 TH CENTURY, LORD CURZON ,THE VICEROY OF
INDIA, CALLED THE TIMES OF INDIA ”THE LEADING PAPER IN ASIA". IN 1991, THE BBC RANKED THE
TIMES OF INDIA AMONG THE WORLD'S SIX BEST NEWSPAPERS.
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