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Originally called "The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce", this paper was founded in 1838 in Mumbai (then Bombay), to serve the British residents of western India. Identify the newspaper.
1. The Tribune
2. The Times of India
3. The Hindu
4. The New Indian Express

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : The Times of India

The correct answer is The Times of India.

  • Originally called "The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce", this paper was founded in 1838 in Mumbai (then Bombay), to serve the British residents of western India during the time of Lord Sir Charles Metcalfe.
  • The newspaper became a daily in 1851 and changed its name to The Times of India in 1861.
  • At first, the paper was published twice weekly every Wednesday and Saturday under the direction of R. N. D. Velkar, a Maharashtrian social reformer.
  • J. E. Brennan was the editor.
  • In 1859, new editor Robert Knight merged "The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce" with two more popular newspapers "Bombay Standard" and "Chronicle of Western India", and founded "Bombay Times and Standard".
  • On 28 September 1861, Knight merged "Bombay Times and Standard" with "Bombay Telegraph & Courier", and renamed "The Bombay Times and Standard" to "The Times of India".
  •  The Times of India was founded at the time when the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar sat at his throne in Delhi.
  • The Times of India is the world's largest-selling English newspaper.
  • The Times of India is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation.

  • The first English newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette (1780).
  • The first Hindi newspaper in India - Udant Martand (1826).
  •  Lord Sir Charles Metcalfe is known as the 'Liberator of Press'.

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