The Hindu is a leading English-language newspaper in India, with its largest base of
circulation in south India. Begun
in 1878, it was founded on the principles of fairness and justice. Headquartered at Chennai (formerly called Madras),
The Hindu was published weekly when it was launched and started publishing daily in 1889.
The Hindu enjoys the status of being a tradition, not merely a newspaper, in south India Indeed, in popular Indian perception,
The Hindu was one of the defining characteristics of the city of Madras, among others such as the hot and humid weather, vegetarian cuisine, filtered coffee, Tamil Cinema and South Indian art.Its current paid
circulation exceeds 1 million copies and is said to enjoy a
readership of 3 million in India and abroad and an annual turnover of around 4 billion rupees ($80 million). The National Readership Survey for the year 2006 rated The Hindu as the second highest read English Newspaper in India after
The Times of India. With several firsts in the media industry,
The Hindu became, in 1995, the first Indian newspaper to offer an online edition.
The Hindu is published from 12 locations - Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Madurai, Mangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.