The Hitavada is an English daily newspaper circulating mainly in Central parts of India.
History
The Hitavada was started in the central Indian city of Nagpur by freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale. It was the first and the only English daily of Nagpur. In the mid 20th century, it found a competitor in another English daily, the
Nagpur Times, which however was later shut down due to bankruptcy.
The Hitavada in 1978, was taken over by Banwarilal Purohit, who later became the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha under BJP, from Late Vidya Charan Shukla, who owned the Progressive Writers and Publishers which published this paper. The Hitavada, today, is the largest selling English broadsheet daily of Central India with Nagpur and Raipur, though it competes with
Indian Express, The Times of India, and
Lokmat Times in Nagpur, with
Hindustan Times and Central Chronicle in Bhopal and Raipur. It has a daily circulation of over 200000 copies across the Central India with maximum 130000 in Nagpur city alone.
Editions and supplements
The Hitavada is simultaneously published from the cities of
Nagpur,
Jabalpur,
Raipur, and
Bhopal. Every city edition carries a special supplement called City Line that deals with the local city news and engagements.
The Hitavada also has regional editions:
1. Vidarbha Line, distributed outside the Metropolitan areas of Nagpur and rest of
Vidarbha
2. Chhattisgarh Line, distributed in
Chhattisgarh
3. Madhya Pradesh Line, distributed in Bhopal and other areas surrounding Jabalpur
Anshuman Bhargava is the State Editor.
The other supplements include Money (Mondays), Future (Tuesdays), Woman's World (Wednesdays), Twinkle Star (Saturdays), Insight (Sundays). It also distributes a supplement called The Knowledge Magazine in schools, especially meant for children.
