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{{short description|Indian newspaper published by The Associated Journals Limited}}
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| name = National Herald
| logo = National Herald India logo.svg
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| motto = Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with All Your Might
| type = Daily
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| owners = Associated Journals Limited,<ref name="ajl">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Court-dismisses-Swamy%E2%80%99s-plea-in-National-Herald-case/article16947496.ece|title=Court dismisses Swamy’s plea in National Herald case|date=27 December 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Shiva Publications
| political = [[Indian National Congress]]
| founder = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| publisher = The Associated Journals Limited
| president =
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| chiefeditor = Zafar Agha <ref name="nationalheraldindia.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/about-us |title = About Us | National Herald, the Associated Journals Ltd}}</ref>
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1938|9|9|df=y}}
| language = English
| relaunched = 1 June 2017
| headquarters = New Delhi
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| sister newspapers = ''[[Qaumi Awaz]]'' (Urdu) and ''[[Navjivan (newspaper)|Navjivan]]'' (Hindi)<ref name="nationalheraldindia.com"/>
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The '''''National Herald''''' is an Indian newspaper published by The Associated Journals Ltd and owned by Young India Limited a company by [[Indian National Congress]]. It was founded by India's first prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in 1938 as a tool to win independence.<ref name="relaunch" /> It was banned by British government in 1942 during the [[Quit India]] movement. It was one of the major English language newspapers in India after the end of the [[British Raj]], and occasionally published op-eds authored by Nehru.<ref name=htmint062014/> The newspaper ceased operations in 2008 for financial reasons. In 2016, it was relaunched as a digital publication.<ref name="HTJuly102016">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/congress-set-to-revive-national-herald-newspaper-after-8-year-break/story-T1jUqfgs3Cw33Qmm15PNxH.html|title=Congress set to revive National Herald newspaper after 8-year break|date=10 July 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> The newspaper has been linked to and controlled by members of the Indian National Congress political party.<ref name=livemint>{{citation|title=Real estate at core of Associated Journals controversy|url= http://www.livemint.com/Politics/bUEeUUtEit7aZjGNZEK6ZL/Real-estate-at-core-of-Associated-Journals-controversy.html|publisher=Live Mint|date=14 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-national-herald-case-all-about/1/541733.html|title=What is the National Herald case all about?|publisher=[[India Today]]| date=8 December 2015}}</ref>

The newspaper is an accused in the [[National Herald corruption case]] along with [[Sonia Gandhi]] and her son [[Rahul Gandhi]].<ref name="thehindu.com">{{citation|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-court-summons-sonia-rahul-in-national-herald-case/article6151487.ece |title=Delhi court summons Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 June 2014|last1=Gupta |first1=Smita |last2=Jain |first2=Akanksha }}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=How National Herald newspaper funds Rahul and Sonia Gandhi's Young Indian|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-how-national-herald-newspaper-funds-rahul-and-sonia-gandhi-s-young-indian-1999011|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=2 July 2014|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>

== History ==
National Herald was established in [[Lucknow]] on 9 September 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru.<ref name="pib">{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=165566|title=A responsible press is needed to hold power to account in our open society: Vice President|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="sify">{{cite web|title=National Herald shuts down after 70 years|url=http://www.sify.com/news/national-herald-shuts-down-after-70-years-news-national-jegnDCjhdff.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031105956/http://sify.com/news/national-herald-shuts-down-after-70-years-news-national-jegnDCjhdff.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2010|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> The paper carried on its masthead the words 'Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with All Your Might' taken from a cartoon by Gabriel from [[Brentford]], [[Middlesex]] that [[Indira Gandhi]] had forwarded to Nehru.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hasan|first=Mushirul|title=In another era, a wit that pulled no punches|newspaper=The Hindu|date=16 May 2012|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3422883.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516175933/http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3422883.ece|archive-date=16 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Jawaharlal Nehru was an early editor of the newspaper and until his appointment as [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] was the Chairman of the Herald's Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rau|first=M. Chalapathi|year=1964|title=The Press after Nehru|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|issue=July|pages=1247–1250|url=http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1964_16/29-30-31/the_press_after_nehru.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626231619/http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1964_16/29-30-31/the_press_after_nehru.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dayal|first=John|title=A Matter of Equity: Freedom of Faith in Secular India|year=2007|publisher=Anamika Publishers|location=New Delhi|pages=129|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFQdmvEjBmkC&q=national+herald&pg=PA133|isbn=9788179751770}}</ref> In 1938, [[K. Rama Rao]] was appointed the paper's first editor. Following the [[Quit India Resolution]] of August 1942, the [[British Raj]] clamped down on the Indian press and the paper was shut between 1942 and 1945.<ref name="yabaluri">{{Cite web|title={{sic|In Memo|rium|hide=y|expected=In Memoriam}} M. Chalapathi Rau (1908 - 1983) |url=http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/inmemoriumoct83.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626231014/http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/inmemoriumoct83.htm|archive-date=26 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Herald reopened in 1945 and from 1946 to 1950, [[Feroze Gandhi]] served as the paper's Managing Director, helping restore its financial health.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhushan|first=Shashi|title=Feroze Gandhi: A Political Biography|year=2008|publisher=Frank Bros.|location=New Delhi|pages=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XP37QveRKL4C&q=feroze+gandhi+national+herald&pg=PA52|isbn=9788184094947}}</ref> From 1946 to 1978, [[Manikonda Chalapathi Rau]] served as its editor.<ref name="yabaluri" />

Nehru had served as the paper's [[Foreign correspondent|international correspondent]] for a while and after becoming Prime Minister was able to use the paper to espouse unpopular views and to sidestep the press corps in conveying his thoughts on various issues to the reading public as in 1954 when he wrote a scathing piece on the [[Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site|Bikini Atoll nuclear tests]] titled 'The Death-dealer'.<ref name=htmint062014>{{cite news|last1=Vadakut|first1=Sidin|title=A Nehruvian tragedy|url=http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/zsGIQxAT8qPOHAH1tcEFIM/Dj-View--A-Nehruvian-tragedy.html|access-date=10 August 2014|publisher=HT Mint|date=27 June 2014}}</ref>
The paper had editions from Lucknow and [[New Delhi]], the latter begun in 1968.<ref name="yabaluri" /><ref>{{cite book|title=General Knowledge Refresher|publisher=Bright Publications|location=New Delhi|pages=51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0esSQzRztMC&q=national+herald+newspaper+the+hindu&pg=PA51|isbn=9788171994717}}</ref> In Delhi, the paper was based out of Herald House on [[Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg]], known as Delhi's [[Fleet Street]] while in Lucknow it was based out of the Nehru Bhawan and Nehru Manzil buildings.<ref name="expressindia">{{cite news|title=National Herald fights for survival|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19981114/31851024.html|access-date=28 October 2012|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=14 November 1998}}</ref> The National Herald also had [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] editions named ''Navjeevan'' and ''Qaumi Awaz''.<ref>{{cite news|title=New look national herald all set for relaunch|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/New-look-national-herald-all-set-for-relaunch/Article1-693951.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014163144/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/New-look-national-herald-all-set-for-relaunch/Article1-693951.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2012|access-date=28 October 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=5 May 2011}}</ref>

In January 2008 discussions about closure began.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 January 2008|title=Nehru's paper, ''The National Herald'', may close|newspaper=Hindustan Times|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nehru-s-paper-the-national-herald-may-close/article1-272814.aspx|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Qd6oTSlR?url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nehru-s-paper-the-national-herald-may-close/article1-272814.aspx|archive-date=26 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 1 April 2008 the paper's editorial (of its sole remaining edition, New Delhi) announced that it was temporarily suspending operations. The paper had failed to modernise its print technology and had not computerised at the time of suspending operations and had been making losses for several years owing to lack of advertising revenues and overstaffing. At the time of its closure T V Venkitachalam was its editor-in-chief.<ref name="sify" />

== Indore Edition ==
Mumbai based businessman Vishnu Goyal said his involvement with the National Herald dates back to 1998, when Shiva Publications (a partnership firm) bought rights to publishing the National Herald in Indore & Mumbai. Goyal launched the Indore edition in 2009, months after The Associated Journals decided to shut the Herald’s publication subsequent to settling dues of the staff. Designated as Chief Editor of National Herald & [[Global Herald]] Newspapers, Goyal is also the Chairman & Managing Director of Alpha Vision Overseas India Ltd, a company listed on the BSE.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/national-herald-s-indore-owner-says-will-join-swamy-s-case-115121601307_1.html | title=National Herald's Indore owner says will join Swamy's case| newspaper=Business Standard India| date=16 December 2015| last1=Subramanian| first1=N. Sundaresha}}</ref>

== Plans for revival ==
National Herald, before its closure was being run by Associated Journals.<ref name="ajl" /> There were reports that the paper was being revived under journalist Suman Dubey, technocrat [[Sam Pitroda]] and the newly incorporated Young India Company headquartered at Herald House.<ref>{{cite news|title=National Herald may be revived through 'Young Indian'|url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/national-herald-may-be-revived-through-young-indian/66347/|access-date=28 October 2012|newspaper=Business Standard|date=9 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New look national herald all set for relaunch|url=http://iii.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243:new-look-national-herald-all-set-for-relaunch&catid=69:archive-news&Itemid=213|publisher=Office of Adviser to Prime Minister|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> However, [[Rahul Gandhi]], a member on the board of Young Indian Company denied of such movement and mentioned that it is a not-for-profit company and cannot have any profitable business.<ref>{{Cite news|title=National Herald newspaper eyes revival after four years of closure|url=http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-national-herald-newspaper-eyes-revival-after-four-years-of-closure-311872|access-date=9 October 2012|newspaper=NDTV Profit|date=28 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=No plans to revive National Herald|newspaper=The Pioneer|date=11 October 2012|url=http://dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/360-todays-newspaper/100833-no-plans-to-revive-national-herald.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014161459/http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/360-todays-newspaper/100833-no-plans-to-revive-national-herald.html|archive-date=14 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2016, The Associated Journals Ltd. decided to revive the media outlet in digital form. On 1 October 2016, it announced the appointment of Neelabh Mishra as the Editor in Chief of the National Herald Group.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Neelabh-Mishra-to-be-editor-of-National-Herald/article14600060.ece|title=Neelabh Mishra to be editor of National Herald|last=Correspondent|first=Special|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-23|language=en}}</ref> On 14 November 2016, an English website was launched.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Tribute-to-Jawaharlal-Nehru-National-Herald-revived-in-digital-form/articleshow/55428328.cms|title=Tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru- National Herald revived in digital form - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-05-23}}</ref> Simultaneously, it also announced that the print publications under suspension, namely National Herald in English, Navjivan in Hindi and Quami Awaz in Urdu, would be revived in due course. In its press release dated 14 November 2016<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/151116/national-herald-revival-on-pandit-jawaharlal-nehru-birth-anniversary.html|title=National Herald revival on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru birth anniversary|date=2016-11-15|work=The Asian Age|access-date=2017-05-23}}</ref> the National Herald group pledged its commitment to furthering the editorial vision and principles of its founder Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and India’s Freedom Movement – that of building a modern, democratic, just, equitable, liberal and socially harmonious nation.

== Official re-launch ==
On 12 June 2017, Rahul Gandhi re-launched National Herald at an event in [[Bengaluru]]. Vice President of India Hamid Ansari was the chief guest and said, "''The duty of the state is clear - free media is necessary for free society. When faced with unjust restrictions, censorship in the media can aid covering of abuses.''".<ref name="relaunch">[http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rahul-gandhi-in-bengaluru-for-re-launch-of-congress-run-newspaper-national-herald-1710975 Rahul Gandhi In Bengaluru For Re-Launch Of National Herald]</ref>

== Commemorative edition ==
The commemorative edition of National Herald was launched on 1 July 2017, by the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee.<ref name="scroll">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/842390/president-pranab-mukherjee-talks-about-spate-of-lynchings-at-national-herald-event|title=President Pranab Mukherjee talks about spate of lynchings at National Herald event|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in}}</ref>

==Controversies==
{{See also|National Herald case}}
The [[National Herald corruption case]] is an ongoing case in a Delhi court filed by Indian economist and politician [[Subramanian Swamy]] against politicians [[Sonia Gandhi]] and [[Rahul Gandhi]], their companies and associated persons.<ref name="thehindu.com"/> As per the complaint filed in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Associated Journals Limited (AJL) took an interest-free loan of {{INRConvert|90.25|c}} from [[Indian National Congress]]. It is alleged that the loan was not repaid.<ref>{{Citation|title = Section 269T in The Income- Tax Act, 1995|url = http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1517955/|website = indiankanoon.org|access-date = 2015-12-08}}</ref> A closely held company, Young Indian, was incorporated in November 2010 with a capital of {{INRConvert|50|l}} and it acquired almost all the shareholding of AJL and all its properties (alleged to be worth {{INRConvert|5000|c}}).<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-nittygritty-of-the-national-herald-case/article7967367.ece|title=The nitty-gritty of 'The National Herald' case|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 December 2015|last1=Rajagopal|first1=Krishnadas}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/deals-at-national-herald-who-got-what-when-how-2/|title=Deals at National Herald: Who got what, when, how|work=[[The Indian Express]]| date=10 December 2015}}</ref>

A defamation suit of Rs 5000 crore was filed by [[Reliance Group]], against National Herald claiming an article published by it was "libellous and derogatory".<ref>{{cite news |title=Rafale Row: Anil Ambani Sues National Herald for Rs 5k Crore |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/anil-ambani-sues-national-herald-for-defamation |access-date=26 August 2018 |agency=[[The Quint]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anil Ambani Files Rs 5,000 Crore Defamation Suit Against 'National Herald' |url=https://headlinestoday.org/national/1916/anil-ambani-files-rs-5000-crore-defamation-suit-against-national-herald/ |access-date=26 August 2018 |agency=Headlines Today}}</ref>

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