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| image = Puran Chandra Gupta 2012 stamp of India.jpg<br />
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| caption =Gupta on a 2012 stamp of India<br />
| birth_date = 2 January 1912<br />
| birth_place = [[Kalpi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = 16 September 1986 (aged 74)<br />
| death_place = India<br />
| occupation = Journalist, publisher<br />
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'''Puran Chandra Gupta''' (2 January 1912 – 16 September 1986)<ref name=r1/> was an Indian journalist who founded the Dainik Jagran media group and it Hindi-language publication ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'', which remains the most popular daily newspaper in India.<ref name=r2>[http://www.istampgallery.com/puran-chandra-gupta/ Puran Chandra Gupta]. istampgallery.com</ref><ref name=r3>[http://www.sipa.org.in/bulletin/Apr-June%202012.pdf Puran Chandra Gupta]. ''SIPA Bulletin''. 2 January 2012. p. 18</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Gupta was born in Kalpi and educated in Kalpi and [[Varanasi]]. In 1940 he launched a nationalist weekly newspaper ''Swatantra'' in [[Kanpur]]. The newspaper was disapproved by the British administration and had to move to [[Jhansi]]. There in 1942 he started the daily newspaper ''Jagran'', which in 1947 was renamed into ''Dainik Jagran''. In 1975 Gupta was elected as chairman of the [[Press Trust of India]]. Besides, for 15 years he was an executive member of [[The Indian Newspaper Society]] and served as its Vice President.<ref name=r2/><ref name=r3/><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
In 1987, the Sri Puranchandra Gupta Smarak Trust was established in Kanpur. The trust is engaged in educational, spiritual, cultural, and philanthropic activities.<ref name=r1>[http://www.jef.org.in/ About JEF]. jef.org.in</ref><br />
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