In 2011, it completed its 100 years and celebrated its centenary festival which was inaugurated by Pratibha Patil, then President of India.

The Hitavada was started in the central Indian city of Nagpur by freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

In the mid 20th century, it found a competitor in another English daily, the Nagpur Times, which however was later shut down due to bankruptcy.

Madhya Pradesh Line, distributed in Bhopal and other areas surrounding JabalpurAnshuman Bhargava is the State Editor.

The other supplements include Money (Mondays), Future (Tuesdays), Woman's World (Wednesdays), Twinkle Star (Saturdays), Insight (Sundays).