Ramnath Goenka (22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991) was an Indian newspaper publisher. He launched ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' in 1932 and created the

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with various English and regional language publications.''A doyen of Indian Journalism, Shri Goenka's greatest passion was the print media. He launched the Indian Express in 1932. -'' https://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses2/02201191.htm In 2000, ''

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'' magazine, named him amongst their list of ''"100 People Who Shaped India"''. The

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards (RNG Awards) are one of the awards in India in the field of journalism. Named after Ramnath Goenka, the awards have been held annually since 2006, with the 12th edition being held in 2017. The awa ...

, named after Ramnath Goenka, are one of the awards in India in the field of journalism.

Early life

Ramnath Goenka was born on 22 April 1904 in Darbhanga

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, to Basantlal Goenka.

Career

He took shelter with a family named Chaudhry which came from a village near to his native Mandawa, at 23 Peria Naicker Street. During the Emergency Period of India, Ramnath Goenka was one of the few businessmen and journalists that opposed Indira Gandhi government.

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

1971 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 1 and 10 March 1971 to elect members of the 5th Lok Sabha. They were the fifth general elections since independence in 1947. The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 518 constit ...

, Goenka was elected as the

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from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency as a candidate of

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...

Death

Goenka died in Mumbai on 5 October 1991. In 1997 the heirs of Ramnath Goenka made a division of the Indian Express Group into two separated operations. The northern segment was put under the control of

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, whereas the southern one went to the family branch of Manoj Sonthalia.

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