The foundation of AMAR UJALA was laid down by: Late Shri Dori Lal Agarwal and Late Shri Murari Lal Maheswari on 18th
of April 1948, In Agra Amar Ujala was launched on the 18th of April 1948 from Agra, as a 4pagenewspaper with a circulation of 2576 copies with an objective of promoting social awakening and introducing a feeling of responsibility among the citizens of a recently independent India. In keeping with these objectives that the publishers had set for themselves, the kind of news published was basically revolving around political and social issues and crime.Starting from that modest beginning, 20 years later Amar Ujala achieved a circulation of 20,000 copies and was servicing over 14districts in Western Uttar Pradesh. Growing slowly, but steadily, the turn of the century saw Amar Ujala as one of the top 3 dailies of India. Not only has the newspaper shed the barriers of EASTERN Uttarakhand and spread itself across the entire state, but has also ventured into other neighboring states.Today, Amar Ujala has a staggering circulation of over1,600,00 copies and are adership of over 3 million in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal alone.Additionally Amar Ujala is now also a leading newspaper in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.Currently Amar Ujala publishes a16 page daily issue with more color pages in every edition. In addition to this, Amar Ujala also has in offering for readers three color magazines,namely:

"In addition to this Amar ujala also publishes AMAR UJALA YUWAN,which is been targeted for youth is a weekly newspaper price is Re 5/- news paper."