Indian press includes 41 centenarians. The Gujarati daily Bombay Samachar published from Bombay is the oldest existing newspaper which was started in "1822. Anand Bazar Patrika, Times of India and Hindustan Times retained the first, second and third positions respectively circulation-wise. At the end of 1992 the total number of newspaper was 31,957 compared to 30,214 in 1991 an increase of 5.8 per cent. Among them, 3,502 were dailies, 271 tri/bi-weeklies, 10,375 weeklies and 17,809 other periodicals. Newspapers are published from all states and union territories. Uttar Pradesh claimed the top position with 4,631 newspapers. It was followed by Delhi (4,226), Maharashtra (3,497), West Bengal (2,843), Rajasthan (2,253), Madhya Pradesh (2,235), Tamil Nadu (1,879), Karnataka (1,571), Andhra Pradesh (1,529), Bihar (1,432) and Kerala (1,376).
In the case of dailies also, Uttar Pradesh maintained its top position with 535 newspapers, followed by Bihar (379), Madhya Pradesh (321) and Maharashtra (307). Apart
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