Gopalan Narasimhan (28 February 1916 – 5 July 1977) was an Indian journalist and entrepreneur who served as the Managing Director of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' from 1959 until his death in 1977. He was a grandson of

S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (15 December 1859 – 12 December 1923) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician and journalist who served as the managing director of ''The Hindu'' from 1 April 1905 till his death. Ancestry an ...

, the patriarch of the family that owns ''The Hindu''.

Early life

Narasimhan was born in

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

on 28 February 1916 to K. Gopalan and Rangayanaki. Gopalan was the son of

and younger brother of

K. Srinivasan Kasturi Srinivasan (7 August 1887 – 21 June 1959) was an Indian journalist and businessman. He was the eldest son of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar. Biography Srinivasan was born to well-known lawyer and journalist, S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, in ...

. Narasimhan's younger brother is

G. Kasturi Gopalan Kasturi (17 December 1924 – 21 September 2012) was an Indian journalist who served as the Editor of ''The Hindu'' from 1965 to 1991. He was a grandson of S. Kasturi Rangya Iyengar, the patriarch of the family that owns ''The Hindu''. ...

who served as Editor of ''The Hindu'' from 1965 to 1991. Narasimhan graduated from the

Presidency College, Madras Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a gra ...

and joined ''The Hindu'' at an early age. He was the Manager of ''The Hindu'' from 1937 to 1959. On the death of his uncle K. Srinivasan in 1959, Narasimhan became the Managing-Director.

Career

Narasimhan served as Managing Director of ''The Hindu'' from 1959 to 1977. He also served as the President of the Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society (INS) during 1956-57, Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations of India from 1955 to 1959,

Press Institute of India Press Institute of India (PII) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1963 for the development of standards of journalism in India. It conducts workshops on development journalism, women empowerment and child rights, national security, fo ...

and was the Director of the Press Foundation of Asia. His eldest son

N. Ram Narasimhan Ram (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and a prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls The Hindu Group of publications. Ram was the managing-director of ''The Hindu'' since 1977 and its editor-in-chief since 27 Ju ...

was the Managing-Director of ''

'' since 1977 and its Editor-in-Chief since 27 June 2003 until 18 January 2012, while his youngest son

N. Ravi Narasimhan Ravi is an Indian journalist and the current Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of ''The Hindu'' from 1991 to 2003 and then again took over the position in October 2013. Early life and education Ravi ...

(b. 1948) served as the Editor-in-chief of ''

'' (1991–2003).

Death

Narasimhan died of a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...

on 5 July 1977, aged 61.

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