Narendra Mohan

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{{Infobox person
| name = Narendra Mohan
| image = Narendra Mohan 2003 stamp of India.jpg
| caption =Mohan on a 2003 stamp of India
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1934|10|10}}
| birth_place = [[Kalpi]], [[Jalaun District|Jalaun]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|9|20|1934|10|10}}
| death_place = [[New delhi]]
| occupation = Past chairman and managing director, [[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]] Group
}}
'''Narendra Mohan''' (10 October 1934 – 20 September 2002) was an Indian industrialist, chairman and managing director of the [[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]] Prakashan, the publisher of India's best-selling Hindi newspaper (सबसे बिका हुआ अखबार)''[[Dainik Jagran]]''.<ref>[http://www.istampgallery.com/narendra-mohan/ Narendra Mohan]. istampgallery.com</ref> The late Narendra Mohan was renowned for his dedicated journalism and deep simplicity and sincerity and for leading the newspaper to its unrivalled position today – 30 editions, a massive 19-odd million readers, apart from being one of the most influential newspapers in the country. Guptas have 59.2% family holding in [[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]] Group.The late Narendra Mohan's eldest son Sanjay Gupta is editor and CEO of ''[[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]]''.

==Journalist==
Mohan kept a low profile away from the public gaze. But he had tremendous influence both as a newspaper baron and at a personal level. He was drawn into politics as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] by his 'political mentor' Mr. [[Lal Krishna Advani]]. From his humble beginnings when in early 1940s, as a youngster in [[Kanpur]], he didn't have enough money to buy a bicycle and, therefore, had to rely on traditional public transport in the district – the bullock-cart, his determination, vision and foresight mixed with diligence and hard-work he took [[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]] group to a meteoric rise.

The group's founder was Mohan's father, the late Puran Chand Gupta, who never faltered in his determination to become a newspaper baron.

''[[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]]'', started from [[Jhansi]], was his third attempt at being a powerful news lord. But Mr Mohan, who took over the paper while his father was still alive, almost certainly deserves the credit for turning it into the potent force that it is today.

He made full use of the technological advances in the newspaper industry to boost the ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'''s circulation and clout. It was one of the first to switch to colour and printing satellite editions. The newspaper employs about 2,000 journalists and even introduced the concept of '[[mohalla]]' correspondents.

During his heyday, Mr. Mohan was an extremely hands-on editor and wrote editorials, a column and one poem each week in ''[[Dainik Jagran]]''. He could fluently dictate an editorial over the phone without notes – never pausing for a moment. {{citation needed|date=March 2007}}

He toured USA, and almost all countries of the world for getting first hand knowledge of working and other socio-economic conditions of newspapers and other industries;
*Patron
**Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industries of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
**Shri Puran Chandra Gupta Smarak Trust (which runs [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] approved Puranchandra Vidyaniketan);
*was President,
**[[Rotary Club]], [[Kanpur]]
**Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industries of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
**[[Kanpur]] [[Leprosy]] Eradication Association
*Vice-President
**Chinmaya Mission, [[Kanpur]] (formerly)
**Sadhna Manch
*was chairman
**[[Uttar Pradesh]] Sangeet Natak Academy
**Institutional Finance Committee, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
**Press Trust of India
*Chairman of various trusts and charitable institutions;
*was Director
**National Small Scale Industries Corporation, [[New delhi|Delhi]]
**[[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Electronics]] Corporation Limited
*Director of various companies and Bank of Rajasthan Limited
*Chief Editor, [[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]] Group of Newspapers
*Founder Secretary, [[Kanpur]] Press Club
*was Treasurer, Himalayan Institute of Yoga Sciences and philosophy
*was Member of the Executive of
**All India Newspaper Editors Conference
**[[Uttar Pradesh]] Hindi Saansthan
**National Sangeet Akademy
**Upper India Chamber of Commerce, [[Kanpur]]
**Various Government, Semi-Government and Social Committees and Associations
*Member
**[[National Integration Council]]
**Committee on Finance
**Committee on Communications
**Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs
*elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in November 1996.

==Accomplishment in arts and science==
Awarded
* Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Award, 1986 for outstanding contribution to Journalism
* Matrushree Award ([[New delhi|Delhi]]), 1989 for outstanding contribution to Journalism,
* Sita Award ([[New delhi|Delhi]])
* Sanskriti Award by [[Hindi Academy]] ([[New delhi|Delhi]]).

==Publications==
He was an avid reader and writer and wrote thousands of articles on different subjects/ He was author of numerous poems and short stories in Hindi/ He also authored and got published three anthologies of poems titled
*Amrit Ki Oar
*Dasatva Se Ubaaro
*Thumara Sangeet
He authored four books
*Dharm Aur Sampradayikta
*Aaj Ki Rajniti aur Bhrashtachar
*Bharatiya Sanskriti
*Hindutva.

==References==
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==External links==
*http://rajyasabha.nic.in/kiosk/whoswho/alpha_n5.htm
*http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020921/nation.htm#12
*[http://www.jagran.com Dainik Jagran website]
*[http://www.epaper.jagran.com Epaper edition]

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[[Category:Indian male journalists]]
[[Category:Indian newspaper editors]]
[[Category:Indian newspaper publishers (people)]]
[[Category:Indian mass media owners]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Jalaun]]
[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:Journalists from Uttar Pradesh]]

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