Bhaskar Group
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| Industry | Media |
| Headquarters | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
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Key people
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R C Agarwal (Chairman) Sudhir Agarwal (Managing Director) |
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Publishing Radio Web portals |
| Revenue |
 ₹20.35 billion (US$300 million) (2014-15) |
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₹5.88 billion (US$87 million) (2014-15)
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₹3.16 billion (US$47 million) (2014-15)
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| Website | www |
D B Corp Ltd., informally known as the Dainik Bhaskar Group, is India’s largest newspaper group with 62 editions published in 4 languages, trusted by 4.4cr readers (IRS Q4,2012) across 14 states. The major newspapers published by the group are Dainik Bhaskar (Flagship Hindi daily), Divya Bhaskar (Gujarati daily), Dainik Divya Marathi (Marathi daily), Saurashtra Samachar, DB Star & DNA.
The Group also publishes 3 magazines; Aha! Zindagi (a monthly family magazine in hind), Bal Bhaskar (Hindi magazine for kids) and Young Bhaskar (English magazine for kids) are also published by the group.
Listed on the , the group is majority-owned by the Bhopal-based Agarwal family.
Dainik Bhaskar was first published in Bhopal and Gwalior. The newspaper was launched in the year 1956, tailored to the market for a Hindi-language daily. Initially named Subah Savere in Bhopal and Good Morning India in Gwalior in 1957, the paper was later renamed Bhaskar Samachar.
In 1958, the paper was renamed once more, taking on its current moniker, Dainik Bhaskar. In English, the word Bhaskar means "The Rising Sun." A graphic of a rising sun accompanied the paper's new name.
Today, Dainik Bhaskar is the most-circulated daily newspaper in India.
The Dainik Bhaskar Group's publications serve a variety of Indian states:
Among all of its publications, the Dainik Bhaskar Group serves more than 50% of India's geographical area. The Group has a total circulation of more than 6 million copies with 53 print locations.
Dainik Bhaskar was declared the world's fourth largest circulated daily in 2016-2017.
In 1983, D B Corp Ltd. attempted to expand by launching Dainik Bhaskar, Indore edition. This was the company's first move outside its hometown of Bhopal. Within four years, Dainik Bhaskar had become Indore's most popular newspaper, replacing the previous favorite, Nai Duniya. Aiming to further increase its presence in the state of Madhya Pradesh, the Group launched newspaper editions based in Raipur, Bilaspur, Ujjain, Sagar, and Ratlam. By 1995, Dainik Bhaskar was the most popular newspaper in Madhya Pradesh, and was declared the Fastest-Growing Daily in India by the Readership Survey.
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