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{{short description|Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper}}


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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Hindustan
| image = Hindustan Dainik cover page.jpg
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| owners = [[HT Media Ltd]]
| publisher = Ajay Kumar Jain
| chiefeditor = Shashi Shekhar
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|12 April 1936}}
| language = [[Hindi]]
| headquarters = Kasturba Gandhi Marg, <br/>New Delhi - 110001
| publishing_country = India
| circulation = 2,221,566 Daily<ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/JD%202019%20Highest%20Circulated%20(across%20languages).pdf | title=Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)| publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
| circulation_date = December 2019
| sister newspapers = ''[[Hindustan Times]]''<br />''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]''
| website = {{url|https://www.livehindustan.com/}}
}}
'''''Hindustan Dainik''''' or '''''''Hindustan''''''' is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language daily newspaper. According to [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]], it is ranked [[List of newspapers by circulation|13th in the world by circulation]] and [[List of newspapers in India by circulation|6th in India]].<ref name=ABCIND/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://anp.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WAN-IFRA_WPT_2016_3.pdf|title=World Press Trends 2016|last=Milosevic|first=Mira|date=2016|publisher=WAN-IFRA|page=58|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wptdatabase.org/world-press-trends-2016-facts-and-figures|title=World Press Trends 2016: Facts and Figures|website=wptdatabase.org|publisher=WAN-IFRA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706110804/http://www.wptdatabase.org/world-press-trends-2016-facts-and-figures|archive-date=6 July 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] launched it in 1936.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Josh |first1=Jagran |title=Current Affairs June 2017 eBook: Current Affairs |date=2017 |publisher=Jagran Josh |page=315 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5EmDwAAQBAJ&q=Pandit+Madan+Mohan+Hindustan+Dainik&pg=PA315 |access-date=24 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> It is published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited. Earlier it was part of [[HT Media Ltd]] group, which spun off its Hindi business into a separate company named Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in December 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us - Hindustan Media Ventures Limited |url=http://www.hmvl.in/aboutus.html |website=www.hmvl.in |access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref>

It ranks as the second largest-read daily in the country. ''Hindustan'' has 21 editions across the Hindi belt. They are spread across Delhi, Haryana ([[Faridabad]]), Bihar ([[Patna]], [[Muzaffarpur]], [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], [[Bhagalpur]] and [[Purnea]]), Jharkhand ([[Ranchi]], [[Jamshedpur]] and [[Dhanbad]]), Uttar Pradesh ([[Lucknow]], [[Varanasi]], [[Meerut]], [[Agra]], [[Allahabad]], [[Gorakhpur]], [[Bareilly]], [[Moradabad]], [[Aligarh]], and [[Kanpur]]) and Uttarakhand ([[Dehradun]], [[Haridwar]], [[Haldwani]]). Apart from these, the paper is also available in key towns like Mathura, Saharanpur, Faizabad. The major editions of ''Hindustan'' are available online in [[epaper]] format.

==In Bihar and Jharkhand==
''Hindustan'' dominates in [[Bihar]] with an undisputed readership of about 5 million (as per the IRS 2011, Q4). It commands a massive 73% share of the Hindi readership market of Bihar. On 24 April 2018, ''Hindustan'' launched its 5th edition in [[Purnea]]. ''Hindustan'' has been the No. 1 newspaper of [[Jharkhand]], ever since readership surveys have been reported for the state. On 13 May 2016, a reporter [[Murder of Rajdev Ranjan|was shot to death]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Three detained for murder of Bihar journalist Rajdev Ranjan |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/two-detained-for-murder-of-bihar-journalist-rajdev-ranjan-2799913/|access-date=28 May 2016|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=14 May 2016}}</ref>

==In Uttar Pradesh==
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''Hindustan'' is expanding rapidly in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], which is the largest Hindi newspaper market, and where it is the fastest growing Hindi daily. Apart from a long-standing presence in Lucknow and Varanasi, ''Hindustan'' was launched in Meerut, Agra and [[Kanpur]] in 2006.
In 2008, ''Hindustan'' launched in the cities of Mathura.
In 2009, ''Hindustan'' launched in [[Allahabad]] and Bareilly.
In 2010, ''Hindustan'' launched in [[Gorakhpur]] as well.
In 2011, ''Hindustan'' launched in [[Aligarh]], and in 2012 in [[Moradabad]].

==In Uttarakhand==
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''Hindustan'' has made an entry into [[Uttarakhand]] with a printing location in Dehradun, in May 2008. This edition covers key cities in Uttarakhand and West UP (like [[Dehradun]], Hrishikesh, [[Haridwar]], Roorkee and Saharanpur).
In Jan 2009, ''Hindustan'' started its edition in [[Haldwani]].It has the highest numbers of readers in Uttarakhand at present.

==See also==
*[[Print media in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|url=http://www.livehindustan.com/}} {{in lang|hi}}
*[http://epaper.livehindustan.com/ epaper]

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