Manikonda Chalapathi Rau (also known as MC and Magnus) (1910 – 25 March 1983) was an Indian journalist and an authority on the Nehruvian thought. Rau was editor of the English-language daily

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for over thirty years from 1946.

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was founded by

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in 1938. He wrote several books on Indian journalism, politics and personalities. During the independence struggle he was part of the underground press movement. He was the first president of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists (in 1950) and continued to be so till 1955. He was the leader of the Indian Press Delegation, which accompanied Nehru on his historic 1955 tour of the

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. He was a member of the

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's goodwill mission to China in 1952. He was a member of the

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Press Experts Committee and also worked on various UNESCO Commissions. He was India's representative to the

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(1958). He was also a member of the Initiating Committee of the International Press Institute. Rau, a recipient of the civilian honour of the

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, died on 25 March 1983.Chalapathi Rao, Manikonda, Luminaries of 20th century, part 1, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pages: 178-9.

Bibliography

*Chalapathi Rau, M. ''Fragments of a revolution; essays on Indian problems.'' Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press 965 st ed.*Chalapathi Rau, M. ''Gandhi and Nehru.'' Bombay, New York, Allied Publishers 967*''Govind Ballabh Pant, his life and times / M. Chalapathi Rau.'' New Delhi : Allied, 1981. *''India : portrait of a people / produced by India Tourism Development Corporation''; commentary by M. Chalapathi Rau ; design and picture editing by Zehra Tyabji and T. S. Nagarajan. New Delhi : Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, c1976. *''Jawaharlal Nehru yM. Chalapathi Rau''. ew DelhiPublications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India

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*''Journalism and politics / M. Chalapathi Rau''. New Delhi : Vikas, c1984. *''Magnus & muses : "off the record" musings of 'MC' (M. Chalapathi Rau) / compiled and edited by Harindra Srivastava''. Gurgaon : Academic Press, 1980. *''The press / M. Chalapathi Rau.'' New Delhi : National Book Trust, India, 1974. *''The press in India yM. Chalapathi Rau.'' Bombay, New York, Allied Publishers

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*''Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru.'' [Advisory board: M. Chalapathi N. Y. Sharada Prasad, and B. R. Nanda;general editor: S. Gopal. New Delhi, Orient Longman [1972- *''Twenty-five years of Indian independence.'' Edited by Jag Mohan. Contributors: M. Chalapathi Rau [and others], Delhi, Vikas Pub. House

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Signed message by Nehru about the National Herald and Chalapathi RauAn article
by Derek Ingram titled "The Commonwealth and the media" in

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Volume 93, Number 376 / September, 2004, pp. 561–569, mentions Chalapati Rau as one of the top journalists in Pre-Independent India. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rau, Manikonda Chalapathi 1910 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Indian journalists Indian newspaper editors Writers from Lucknow Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education Journalists from Uttar Pradesh Indian male journalists