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''Hindustan Times'' (''HT'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ("Hindustan" being a historical name for India). The newspaper is owned by Rajya Sabha M.P., Shobhana Bhartia. It is the flagship publication of HT Media. ''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest newspapers in India, by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.32 million copies as of December 2013.〔 The Indian Readership Survey 2012 revealed that ''HT'' has approximately 37.67 lac (3.767 million) readers, making it the second most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of India''. It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal, and Chandigarh. The print location of Jaipur was discontinued from June 2006 and that of Nagpur edition was discontinued from September 1997. ''HT'' launched a youth daily, ''HT Next'', in 2004. The Mumbai edition was launched on 14 July 2005 and the Kolkata edition was launched in early 2000. In the The Brand Trust Report 2012, ''Hindustan Times'' was ranked 291st among India's most trusted brands and subsequently, according to the Brand Trust Report 2013, ''Hindustan Times'' was ranked 434th among India's most trusted brands. In 2014 however, ''Hindustan Times'' was ranked 360th among India's most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, a study conducted by Trust Research Advisory, a brand analytics company. Other sister publications of ''Hindustan Times'' are ''Mint'' (English business daily), ''Hindustan'' (Hindi Daily), ''Nandan'' (monthly children's magazine) and ''Kadambani'' (monthly literary magazine). The media group owns a radio channel, Fever 104.0 FM, and organises an annual Luxury Conference which has featured speakers like designer Diane von Fürstenberg, shoemaker Christian Louboutin, Gucci CEO Robert Polet and Cartier MD Patrick Normand. ''Hindustan Times'' is owned by the KK Birla branch of the Birla family. == History == ''Hindustan Times'' was founded in 1924 by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab Province.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.urduyouthforum.org/news_Hindustan_Times_bio.php )〕 S Mangal Singh Gill (Tesildar) and S. Chanchal Singh (Jandiala, Jalandhar) were made in charge of the newspaper. Madan Mohan Malaviya and Tara Singh were among the members of the Managing Committee. The Managing Chairman and Chief Patron was Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri. K. M. Panikkar was its first editor with Devdas Gandhi (son of Mahatma Gandhi) on the editor's panel. The opening ceremony was performed by Mahatma Gandhi on 26 September 1924. The first issue was published from Naya Bazar, Delhi (now Swami Sharda Nand Marg). It contained writings and articles from C. F. Andrews, St. Nihal Singh, Maulana Mohammad Ali, Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy, T. L. Vaswani, Ruchi Ram Sahni, Bernard Haton, Harinder Nath Chattopadhyaya, Dr Saifuddin Kichlu and Rubi Waston etc. Malaviya raised 50,000 rupees to acquire the ''Hindustan Times'' along with the help of nationalist leaders Lajpat Rai and M. R. Jayakar and industrialist G. D. Birla, who paid most of the cash. Birla took full control of the paper in 1933. The paper continues to be owned by the Birla family. It has its roots in the Indian independence movement of the first half of the twentieth century and even faced the noted "''Hindustan Times'' Contempt Case (August–November, 1941)" at Allahabad High Court. It was edited at times by many important people in India, including Devdas Gandhi, Sri Mulgaonkar, B.G.Verghese and Khushwant Singh. Sanjoy Narayan, has been appointed the editor in chief of the paper and was due to take over in August 2008. Recently the editorial page has seen a major makeover and has been named "comment" to bring in more flexibility and some-what less seriousness to the page. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hindustan Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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