The Hitavada (The People's Paper), is the largest selling broadsheet English daily newspaper of Central India.Founded in 1911 by freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale in Nagpur the newspaper was taken over by Purohit and Company, owned by Banwarilal Purohit, the former BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) MP from Nagpur and the current Governor of Assam. In 2011, it completed its 100 years and celebrated its centenary festival which was inaugurated by Mrs. Pratibha Patil, then President of India.