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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor-in-chief | Shardul Vikram Gupta |
| Founded | 5 September 1920 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Headquarters | Varanasi |
Aj (Hindi: आज, romanized: Āja, lit. 'Today') is a Hindi language daily broadsheet newspaper in India, currently published from 12 cities in the Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states.
The main edition is published in Varanasi. The newspaper was founded by a freedom fighter named Shiv Prasad Gupta. During the days of Indian national freedom struggle, Aj not only served the cause, it also helped spread the popularity of Hindi literature among commoners in Hindi heartland and non-Hindi areas as well. It was once said if one wanted to learn Hindi, they had to "read Aj".