12 Facts About Dainik Bhaskar

Dainik Bhaskar is India's largest Hindi-language daily newspaper owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group.

Dainik Bhaskar Group is present in 12 states with 65 editions in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.

In 1996, Dainik Bhaskar's goal was to enter Jaipur as the No 2 newspaper on its first day, with 50,000 copies.

When Dainik Bhaskar launched in Jaipur on 19 December 1996, it was the No 1 newspaper by selling 172,347 copies.

Dainik Bhaskar successfully adopted a similar model in other cities of Rajasthan, including Jodhpur, Bikaner, Kota, Udaipur, and Ajmer Sikar, becoming the No 1 urban newspaper of the entire state by 1999.

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Dainik Bhaskar's survey suggested that residents of Chandigarh preferred English newspapers due to quality perceptions.

Dainik Bhaskar launched in Chandigarh in May 2000 with 69,000 copies sold making it No 1 in the city.

In 2006, Dainik Bhaskar launched in Punjab with the Amritsar and Jalandhar editions and became the No 1 newspaper on the first day, displacing established legacy players.

In 2010, Dainik Bhaskar entered the Jharkhand market with the launch of a Ranchi edition, followed by Jamshedpur and Dhanbad editions.

In January 2014, Dainik Bhaskar entered Bihar with a successful launch in Patna It followed with launch of Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Gaya editions in 2015.

In June 2017, Dainik Bhaskar launched its Hindi News on three different platforms i e Android, iOS and Windows.

Dainik Bhaskar has five editions in Madhya Pradesh, one edition in Uttar Pradesh, four editions in Chhattisgarh, 12 editions in Rajasthan, three editions in Haryana, four editions in Punjab, four editions in Bihar, three editions Jharkhand and one edition each in Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir.