:Amar Ujala

{{Short description|Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Amar Ujala

| logo = Amar Ujala Logo.png

| image = File:Amar Ujala cover photo.jpg

| owner = Rajul Maheshwari and Sneh Maheshwari

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| ceased publication =

| price =

| founders = {{ubl|Murari lal Maheshwari|Dori Lal Agarwal}}

| chief editor =

| assoc editor =

| language = Hindi

| headquarters = Noida, Uttar Pradesh

| publishing_country = India

| circulation = 1,744,512

| circulation_date = April 2023

| circulation_ref = {{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/JD%202022%20Highest%20Circulated%20(across%20languages).pdf | title= Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise) | publisher= Audit Bureau of Circulations}}

| readership = 9.65 million

| publisher = Amar Ujala Limited (Previously known as Amar Ujala Publications Limited)

| website = {{official URL}}

| foundation = {{start date and age|1948}}

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Amar Ujala ({{lit|The Immortal Brightness|translit=Amara Ujālā}}) is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in India which was founded in 1948. It has 22 editions in six states and two union territories covering 180 districts.{{Cite web |title=अमर उजाला Epaper: छह राज्य और दो केंद्र शासितों के 22 संस्करणों की बड़ी खबरें यहां पढ़ें |url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/daily-hindi-epaper-uttar-pradesh-uttarakhand-himachal-delhi-haryana-au-epaper |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Amarujala.com |language=hi}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-11 |title=Top 10 Best Media Companies In India In 2022 - Inventiva |url=https://www.inventiva.co.in/trends/top-10-best-media-companies-in-india/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |language=en-US}} It has a circulation of around two million copies. The 2019 Indian Readership Survey reported that with 9.65 million it had the 4th-largest daily readership amongst newspapers in India.{{Cite web|url=https://bestmediainfo.in/mailer/nl/nl/IRS-2019-Q4-Highlights.pdf|url-status=live|title=Archived copy|access-date=10 March 2021|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102091633/https://bestmediainfo.in/mailer/nl/nl/IRS-2019-Q4-Highlights.pdf}}

Amar Ujala was founded in Agra in 1948.{{Cite book |last=Ninan |first=Sevanti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09NjDwAAQBAJ&q=Amar+Ujala+was+founded+in+Agra+in+1948 |title=Headlines From the Heartland: Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere |date=2007-05-03 |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |isbn=978-93-5280-059-9 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Amar Ujala |url=http://india.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/amar-ujala/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=india.mom-gmr.org |language=en}} In 1994, Amar Ujala, along with another Hindi daily, shared nearly 70 per cent of the Hindi newspaper readership in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Amar Ujala sold 4.5 lakh copies through its five editions.{{cite web | title = Belligerent as ever, Mulayam Singh Yadav takes on the press |work= India Today | url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/belligerent-as-ever-mulayam-singh-yadav-takes-on-the-press/1/294420.html |author=Dilip Awasthi|date= 15 November 1994|access-date = 12 September 2014 }}

Amar Ujala publishes a daily 16- to 18-page issue, as well as supplements focusing on matters such as careers, lifestyle, entertainment and women.