Times of India Founded: World's Largest English-Language Daily
Three times a week. That's how often the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce published when it launched in 1838 — a far cry from the daily giant it'd become. Founded by Bennett, Coleman & Co. to serve Bombay's British merchant community, it barely registered at first. But circulation grew, the name changed, and the audience expanded beyond colonizers to include Indians themselves. Today, The Times of India reaches over 3 million readers daily. It started as a trade sheet for empire. It outlasted the empire entirely.
November 3, 1838
188 years ago
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