Tushar Kanti Ghosh (September 21, 1898 – August 29, 1994) was an Indian journalist and writer. For sixty years, until shortly before his death, Ghosh was the editor of the English-language newspaper '' Amrita Bazar Patrika'' in

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. He also served as the leader of prominent journalism organizations such as the

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and the

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. Ghosh was known as the "grand old man of Indian journalism" and "the dean of Indian journalism" for his contributions to the country's free press. Ghosh studied at the Bangabasi College of the

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. He replaced his father as editor of the ''Amrita Bazar Patrika'' and founded sister newspapers across India, as well as a

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paper called ''Jugantar.'' Ghosh rose to prominence as a journalist in the

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. He was a supporter of

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and the non-violence movement. British colonial authorities imprisoned Ghosh in 1935 for an article which attacked the authority of British judges. According to a possibly apocryphal story, the colonial Governor of Bengal Province once informed Ghosh that while he read Ghosh's paper regularly, its grammar was imperfect and "it does some violence to the English language." Ghosh reportedly replied, "That, Your Excellency, is my contribution to the freedom struggle." In addition to his work as a journalist, Ghosh wrote fictional novels and children's books. In 1964, he was a recipient of the third-highest civilian honour of India, the

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, for his contributions to literature and education. Ghosh died of heart failure in Kolkata in 1994 after a brief illness.

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