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The Bengal Gazette
Founded: 1780
Founding Editor: JK Hickey
Language: English
Note: First Newspaper in India
Madras Courier
Founded: 1785
Founder: Richard Johnson
Founding Editor: Hugh Boyd
Language: English
Note: First Newspaper in Madras
Bombay Herald
Founded: 1789
Language: English
Note: First Newspaper in Bombay (Maharashtra). It later changed its name to the Bombay Gazette.
Samachar Darpan
Founded: 1818
Founder/Publisher: Baptist Missionary Society
Founding Editor: John Clark Marshman
Language: Bengali
Note: It was the first Indian newspaper in any vernacular language.
Sambad Kaumudi
Founded: 1821
Founding Editor: Raja Ram Mohun Roy
Language: Bengali
Note: It was a weekly.
Mirat-ul-Akhbar
Founded: 1822
Founding Editor: Raja Ram Mohun Roy
Language: Persian
Note: First Persian language Newspaper
Banga Dutta
Founded: 1822
Founding Editor: Raja Ram Mohun Roy
Language: Bengali, Persian, Hindi and English
Note: First weekly published in multiple languages
Bombay Samachar
Founded: 1822
Founding Editor: Fardunjee Marzban
Language: Gujarati and English
Note: First newspaper in Gujarati and oldest continuously published newspaper in India.
East Indian
Founded: 1822
Founding Editor: HLV Derozio
Language: English
Darpan
Founded: 1832
Founding Editor: Balshastri Jambhekar
Language: Marathi
Note: First Marathi language newspaper.
Sambad Parvakar
Founded: 1832
Founder: Ishwar Chandra Gupta
Language: Bengali
Note: First Bengali daily newspaper.
Times of India
Founded: 1838
Founder: Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar
Founding Editor: J.E. Brennan
Language: English
Note: Initially started as the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. Oldest English language newspaper in India still in circulation.
Digdarshan
Founded: 1840
Founding Editor: Balshastri Jambhekar
Language: Marathi
Note: First Marathi language monthly magazine.
Mangaluru Samachara
Founded: 1843
Founder: Rev. Hermann Friedrich Mögling
Language: Kannada
Note: First and oldest running newspaper in Kannada
Hindoo Patriot
Founded: 1853
Founding Editor: Girish Chandra Ghosh
Language: English
Note: Weekly
Rast Goftar (The Truth Teller)
Founded: 1854
Founding Editor: Dadabhai Naoroji
Language: Gujarati
Note: Fortnight paper especially published for Parsi community.
Som Prakash
Founded: 1858
Founding Editor: Dwarakanath Vidyabhusan
Language: Bengali
Note: A weekly newspaper conceptualized by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. He also helped Dwarkanath Vidhyabhushan in editorials.
Indian Mirror
Founded: 1861
Founding Editors: Manmohan Ghosh and Devendranath Tagore
Language: Bengali
Note: Published from Kolkata
Native Opinion
Founded: 1864
Founding Editor: VN Mandalik
Language: English
Note: Stated Marathi Edition in 1866
The Pioneer
Founded: 1865
Founder: George Allen
Language: English
Note: second oldest English language newspaper in India still in circulation
Kavi Vachan Sudha
Founded: 1867
Founding Editor: Bhartendu Harishchandra
Language: Hindi
Note: Monthly
Amrita Bazar Patrika
Founded: 1868
Founders: Sisir Kumar Ghose and Moti Lal Ghosh
Founding Editor: Mahmud Hossain
Language: Bengali
Note: Became bilingual weekly in 1871. Became a daily in 1891. Described as the best nationalist newspaper in India by Vladimir Lenin in 1920. It is also oldest Indian owned English daily newspaper.
Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq
Founded: 1871
Founding Editor: Sir Syyed Ahmad Khan
Language: Urdu
Bangadarshan
Founded: 1872
Founding Editor: Bankimchandra Chatterji
Language: Bengali
Note: Revived under the editorship of Rabindranath Tagore in 1901
The Statesman and New Friend of India
Founded: 1875
Founding Editor: Robert Knight
Language: English
Note: Daily
The Hindu
Founded: 1878
Founding Editor: G. Subramania Iyer
Language: English
Note: Originally started as Triplicane Six
The Bengalee
Founded: 1879
Founding Editor: Surendranath Banerjee
Language: English
The Tribune
Founded: 1881
Founder: Dayal Singh Majeetia
Founding Editor: Rajesh Ramachandran
Language: English
Kesari
Founded: 1881
Founding editor: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Language: Marathi
Maratha
Founded: 1881
Founding editor: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Language: English
Swadesimitram
Founded: 1882
Founding Editor: G. Subramania Iyer
Language: Tamil
Paridasak
Founded: 1886
Founding Editor: Bipin Chandra Pal
Language: Bengali
Deepika
Founded: 1887
Founding Editor: Nidhiry Mani Kathanar
Language: Malayalam
Note: Oldest Malayalam newspaper in circulation
Sudharak
Founded: 1887
Founding Editor: Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Language: English/Marathi
Prabuddha Bharata (Awakened India)
Founded: 1896
Founders: P Aiyasami, BR Rajam Iyer, GG Narasimhacharya and BV Kamesvara Iyer
Language: English
Note: India's longest running journal.
Udbodhana
Founded: 1899
Founder: Swami Vivekananda
Language: Bengali
Krishna Patrika
Founded: 1902
Founder: Krishna Rao
Language: Telugu
New India
Founded: 1902
Founder: Annie Besant
Language: English
Bande Mataram
Founded: 1905
Founder: Aurobindo Ghosh
Language: Bengali
Jugantar Patrika
Founded: 1906
Founder: Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Abhinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutt.
Lanugage: Bengali
Free Hindustan
Founded: 1907
Founder: Tarak Nath Das
Language: English
Swadesh Sevak (Servants of the Motherland)
Founded: 1907
Founder: Tarak Nath Das
Language: Gurumukhi (Punjabi)
Bande Mataram (Paris publication)
Founded: 1909
Founded by Madam Bhikaji Cama
Language: English
Talwar
Founded: 1909
Founded by Madam Bhikaji Cama
Language: English
Note: Originally named Madan's Talwar after Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra.
The Leader
Founded: 1909
Founder: Madan Mohan Malviya
Language: English
Bombay Chronicle
Founded: 1910
Founder: Firoze Shah Mehta
Founding Editor: BG Horniman
Language: English
The Comrade
Founded: 1911
Founder: Mohammad Ali Johar
Language: English
Al-HilalFounded: 1912
Founder: Abul Kalam Azad
Language: Urdu
Note: It was forcibly shut down under the Press Act of 1914. Azad in response started another Urdu weekly, the Al-Balagh in 1914.
Pratap
Founded: 1913
Founder: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Commonweal
Founded: 1914
Founding Editor: Annie Besant
Language: English
Independent
Founded: 1919
Founder: Motilal Nehru
Founding Editor: BG Horniman and Syed Hussain
Language: English
Navjivan
Founded: 1919
Founder: MK Gandhi
Language: Gujarati
Young India
Founded: 1919
Founder: MK Gandhi
Language: English
Mooknayak (Leader of the Silent)
Founded: 1920
Founder: BR Ambedkar
Language: Marathi
Note: Started with the help of 2500 rupee by Shahaji II, then Maharaj of Kolhapur.
Vanguard
Founded: 1922
Founder: MN Roy
Language: English
Hindustan Times
Founded: 1924
Founder: Sunder Singh Lyallpuri
Founding editor: KM Panikkar
Language: English
Kudi Arasu
Founded: 1925
Founding editor: Periayar
Language: Tamil
Harijan
Founded: 1932
Founder: MK Gandhi
Language: Hindi, English and Gujarati
Note: Started from Yerwada Jail. Harijan was published in English. The Gujarati Edition was known as Harijan Bandu and Hindi Edition used to published as Harijan Sevak.
Hindustan Dainik
Founded: 1936
Founder: Madan Mohan Malaviya
Language: Hindi