Hindustan

Overview

Hindustan (also known as Hindustan Dainik) is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, a subsidiary of HT Media Limited. It has 21 editions across the Hindi-speaking belt of northern India, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana and Uttarakhand.

History

Launched in 1936 by independence activist Madan Mohan Malaviya, who also chaired the Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946. Hindustan was spun off from HT Media into a separate publisher, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, in December 2009.

Notable works

Ranked as India's second most-read Hindi daily by circulation, and the dominant Hindi paper in Bihar, where it commands roughly 73 percent of Hindi readership. Reporter Rajdev Ranjan was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on May 13, 2016, while reporting for the paper in Bihar.

Key personnel

Owner/Chairperson, HT Media: Shobhana Bhartia
Managing Director & CEO, HT Media Ventures Limited: Praveen Someshwar (per Media Ownership Monitor profile)

Audience

Hindi-speaking readers across northern India, with particular strength in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Location and contact info

Address
Hindustan Times House, 18-20 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi 110001, India
Website
https://www.hindustantimes.com/hindi (Hindustan's editions are distributed via releasemyad.com/epaper and regional print)