Epaper The Pioneer

The Pioneer is a medium-sized English language newspaper in India. It is published from multiple locations in India, including Delhi. It is the second oldest English language newspaper in India that is operational. In 2010, The Pioneer launched a Hindi version in Lucknow. The Pioneer was founded in Allahabad in 1865 by George Allen, an Englishman who had had great success in the tea business in north-east India in the previous decade. It was brought out three times a week from 1865 to 1869 and daily thereafter. In 1866, a supplement, the Pioneer Mail, consisting of "48 quarto-size pages," mostly of advertisements, was added to the publication.In 1872, Alfred Sinnett became the editor of the newspaper. Although he was later to be known for his interest in theosophy, he oversaw the transformation of the newspaper to one of exercising great influence in British India.