November 3 in History
1838 – The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, issued its first edition on this day in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. The paper was published on Wednesdays and Saturdays under the direction of Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar, a Maharashtrian social reformer, and contained news from Britain and the world, as well as the Indian Subcontinent. J. E. Brennan was its first editor. It became a daily in 1850 under George Buist, who succeeded Brennan in 1839.
Owned and managed by The Times Group, it is the fourth-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation. Nicknamed as ‘The Old Lady of Bori Bunder’, it is an Indian “newspaper of record”.
Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called TOI “the leading paper in Asia”. In 1991, the BBC ranked TOI among the world’s six best newspapers.
In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, TOI was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 survey, Reuters Institute rated TOI as the most trusted media news brand among English-speaking, online news users in India. However, in recent decades, the newspaper has been criticized for establishing in the Indian news industry the practice of accepting payments from persons and entities in exchange for positive coverage.
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Photo Caption – TOI on a 1988 stamp –Wikipedia
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