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Ramnath Goenka (22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991) was an Indian newspaper publisher. He launched The Indian Express in 1932 with his partner Raja Mohan Prasad which is held in a trust by the current legal heirs for the family of Raja Mohan Prasad and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications. [1]
Ramnath Goenka (born April 3, 1904, Darbhanga district, Bihar, India—died Oct. 5, 1991, Bombay [now Mumbai]) was an Indian newspaper publisher and crusader against government corruption.
Oct 5, 2018 · Born on 3 April 1904, Ramnath Goenka is considered the founder of The Indian Express as we know it today. Friday marks the 27 th death anniversary of Goenka, who died on 5 October 1991 after a prolonged battle with illness.
Oct 5, 2017 · The founder patron of the 85-year-old Indian Express group is remembered as a “true freedom fighter and iconoclast”, and a man who had the “courage to stand up for the truth”. He...
Shri Ramnath Goenka was a true freedom fighter and iconoclast who served the nation in the fairest spirit of Indian heroism by his refusal to submit to what he felt was not correct. He was willing to stake all he had for his principles and set the highest standards for Indian media in pursuit of truth.
Oct 31, 1991 · Without doubt among newspaper proprietors Ramnath Goenka, chairman of the Indian Express Group of Publications, who died in Bombay on October 5, aged 87, was the valiant standard-bearer for a free press. Goenka's early years were hardly the kind which produce pioneering press lords.
Sep 30, 1987 · At 84, press baron Ramnath Goenka is a little slow. Not because he wants to slow down but because a transient stroke some months ago slightly affected his memory. He sometimes stops mid-sentence and gropes for thought and words. And he no longer goes for his three-mile walks.
Apr 22, 2017 · A wholehearted supporter of the freedom movement, Ramnath Goenka was a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly for a few years and had friends in the Congress. He even has his signature on the...
Mar 29, 2024 · Ramnath Goenka, a man of unimpeachable integrity who spoke truth to power, built a newspaper empire from Chennai and straddled the media landscape like a colossus. Lakshmi...
Apr 3, 2024 · Finding their feet after the brutal sweep of Covid, the winners of the 2021/2022 Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism showed true grit in telling human stories, be it a job scam, child labour, illegal mining, tribal justice, the challenges of Kashmiri Pandits or weaponisation of spyware.
