Ratan Lal Joshi (1922-2006) was an Indian independence activist, journalist, writer . Born on 28 June 1922 at Churu, a desert city then in Bikaner State. Joshi was involved with the Indian freedom struggle from the age of 18 and suffered incarceration during the

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. Choosing journalism as a career, he joined ''Harijan'' weekly founded by

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and trained under the then chief editor, Kishorelal Bhai Mashrulawa. Later, he worked at several publishing houses and edited journals such as ''Bhai-Bahin'', ''Samaj Sewak'', ''Veer Bhoomi'', ''Rajasthan'', ''Rajasthan Samaj'', and ''Kul Lakshmi''. ''Lal kile main'', ''Krantikari Prer ne Ke Srot'' and ''Mrityunjayee'' are three books published by him.

Career

After the Indian independence, Joshi was associated with several organizations. He was the founder president of ''Shaheed Smarak Eavam Swadhinata Sangram Shodh Sansthan'', a Jaipur-based organization, Secretary of the ''All-India Freedom Fighters' Organisation'' and a member of the presidium of the ''Rajasthan Freedom Fighters’ Organisation''. During the early 1970s, he was a close advisor of

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

. . He died on 19 September 2006, at

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, at the age of 84.

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Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education 1922 births 2006 deaths Indian independence activists from Rajasthan Indian male journalists Journalists from Rajasthan Indian National Congress politicians People from Churu district 20th-century Indian journalists {{India-journalist-stub

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