Dainik Jagran - Overview

Overview

Dainik Jagran was jointly founded by Shri Puranchandra Gupta & Shri Gurudev Gupta in Jhansi in 1942. In 1947 Dainik Jagran shifted its headquarters to Kanpur, where it launched its second edition on 21 September 1947. The Rewa and Bhopal editions were added in 1953 and 1956. In 1975, publication of Gorakhpur edition started, followed by Varanasi, Allahabad and Lucknow in 1979. In 1984, Meerut edition was launched, followed by Agra in 1986, Bareilly in 1989 and Delhi in 1990. Between 1997 and 2006, eighteen new editions were added, and through 2007-08, six new editions were launched.

More than 55.7 million people read Dainik Jagran making it the largest read daily in India. Currently, Dainik Jagran’s 36 editions are published across eleven states of India. Its editions are published from the following places:

• Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur (City, South Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Chakeri, Naubasta, Panki), Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Raebareli, Varanasi, Agra, Allahabad, Aligarh, Bareilly, Meerut
• Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Rewa
• Jharkhand: Ranchi, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur
• Uttarakhand: Dehradun
• Punjab: Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bathinda, Patiala
• Haryana: Panipat, Hissar
• Bihar: Patna, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga(soon)
• Himachal Pradesh: Dharamshala
• Delhi
• West Bengal:Siliguri
• Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu

The paper's website,jagran.com, also carries content aimed at teenagers, cooks, upwardly-mobile women, education,Bollywood, and local news.