The Times of India is the world's largest selling English-language daily newspaper. It is also third largest selling newspaper in any language in the world and the largest selling newspaper outside Japan. The Times of India is the most widely read English newspaper in India with a readership of 7.643 million.
The Times of India published its first edition on 3 November 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. The paper published Wednesdays and Saturdays under the direction of Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar, a Maharashtrian Reformist, and contained news from Britain and the world, as well as the Indian Subcontinent. In 1850, it began to publish daily editions.
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The below photographs were taken on the occasion of the newspaper's Diamond Jubilee (60 years) in November 1898 (2-3 photos may be from earlier period but published in same album). Please click on the photos to view high resolution versions.
--November-1898.jpg "Jobbing Composing Room")
Jobbing Composing Room
--November-1898.jpg "Reading room")
Reading room
--November-1898.jpg "Binding room")
Binding room
--November-1898.jpg "Editor's room")
Editor's room
--November-1898.jpg "General office")
General office
--November-1898.jpg "Press room")
Press room
--November-1898.jpg)
Machinemen, pressmen and sepoys
--November-1898.jpg "Bookbinders, paging and ruling men")
Bookbinders, paging and ruling men
%2C-November-1898.jpg "Employees of the Times of India newspaper posed on the steps of Mumbai Town Hall on the occasion of the newspaper's Diamond Jubilee (60 years), November 1898")
Employees of the Times of India newspaper posed on the steps of Mumbai Town Hall on the occasion of the newspaper's Diamond Jubilee (60 years), November 1898
--November-1898.jpg "News composing room")
News composing room
--November-1898.jpg "Clerks, Compositors and castors")
Clerks, Compositors and castors
--November-1898.jpg "Machine room No.3")
Machine room No.3
--November-1898.jpg "Machine room No.2")
Machine room No.2
--November-1898.jpg "Machine room No.1")
Machine room No.1
--November-1898.jpg "Stereo and type casting room")
Stereo and type casting room
--November-1898.jpg "General Manager's room")
General Manager's room
--November-1898.jpg "Ruling and paging room")
Ruling and paging room
Times of India Building opposite St Thomas's Cathedral, connected with Elphinstone Circle - July 1898
Times of India Building corner of Elphinstone Circle - Probably taken in c1880's
Source: British Library
The Times of India published its first edition on 3 November 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. The paper published Wednesdays and Saturdays under the direction of Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar, a Maharashtrian Reformist, and contained news from Britain and the world, as well as the Indian Subcontinent. In 1850, it began to publish daily editions.
More in Wikipedia
The below photographs were taken on the occasion of the newspaper's Diamond Jubilee (60 years) in November 1898 (2-3 photos may be from earlier period but published in same album). Please click on the photos to view high resolution versions.
--November-1898.jpg "Jobbing Composing Room")
--November-1898.jpg "Reading room")
--November-1898.jpg "Binding room")
--November-1898.jpg "Editor's room")
--November-1898.jpg "General office")
--November-1898.jpg "Press room")
--November-1898.jpg)
--November-1898.jpg "Bookbinders, paging and ruling men")
%2C-November-1898.jpg "Employees of the Times of India newspaper posed on the steps of Mumbai Town Hall on the occasion of the newspaper's Diamond Jubilee (60 years), November 1898")
--November-1898.jpg "News composing room")
--November-1898.jpg "Clerks, Compositors and castors")
--November-1898.jpg "Machine room No.3")
--November-1898.jpg "Machine room No.2")
--November-1898.jpg "Machine room No.1")
--November-1898.jpg "Stereo and type casting room")
--November-1898.jpg "General Manager's room")
--November-1898.jpg "Ruling and paging room")
Source: British Library