Dainik Jagaran
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Language | Hindi |
| Headquarters | Jagran Building, 2, Sarvodya Nagar, Kanpur-208 005, India |
| Circulation | 3,632,383 Daily (as of Jan − Jun 2016) |
| OCLC number | 416871022 |
| Website | jagran.com |
Coordinates: 26°28′50″N 80°18′07″E / 26.48050°N 80.30200°E Dainik Jagran (Hindi: दैनिक जागरण) is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper. It is the largest read newspaper in India and the second-largest newspaper in India by circulation as per Audit Bureau of Circulations (India).
Dainik Jagran has now been the most read daily newspaper in India for the 25th consecutive time. It has also been declared by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) as one of the most read newspapers in the world. It was named the most credible newspaper source in India in a survey commissioned by BBC-Reuters.
The newspaper is owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited, a publishing house listed on the and the . Jagran Prakashan Limited also acquired Mid Day in 2010 and Naiduniya in 2012.
The newspaper was launched in 1942 in Jhansi during the Indian freedom struggle (Quit India movement) by Shri Puran Chandra Gupta, JC Arya and Shri Gurudev Gupta a nationalist, to voice nationalistic sentiments.Their legacy was carried forward by literary stalwarts like Narendra Mohan who has carried forward the paper’s editorial legacy.
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