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{{short description|Liquor businessman and newspaper publisher}} | |||
{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Kanekal Nettakallappa Guruswamy | | name = Kanekal Nettakallappa Guruswamy | ||
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| birth_date = 1901 | | birth_date = 1901 | ||
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]] | | birth_place = [[Bangalore]] | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = 1990 | ||
| death_place = Bangalore | | death_place = Bangalore | ||
| nationality = Indian | | nationality = Indian | ||
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'''K. N. Guruswamy''' or '''Kanekal Nettakallappa Guruswamy''' (1901–1990) was a liquor businessman and newspaper publisher from [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]. | '''K. N. Guruswamy''' or '''Kanekal Nettakallappa Guruswamy''' (1901–1990) was a liquor businessman and newspaper publisher from [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]. | ||
==Founder== | ==Founder== | ||
He founded The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, the company that publishes ''[[Deccan Herald]]'', ''[[Prajavani]]'', ''[[Sudha (magazine)|Sudha]]'' and ''[[Mayura (Kannada Magazine)|Mayura]]'' in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Daga|first1=Sweta|title=The Printers Mysore - Legacy|url=https://printersmysore.com/Legacy|website=printersmysore.com|publisher=The Printers Mysore|accessdate=16 April 2018}}</ref> | He founded The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, the company that publishes ''[[Deccan Herald]]'', ''[[Prajavani]]'', ''[[Sudha (magazine)|Sudha]]'' and ''[[Mayura (Kannada Magazine)|Mayura]]'' in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Daga|first1=Sweta|title=The Printers Mysore - Legacy|url=https://printersmysore.com/Legacy|website=printersmysore.com|publisher=The Printers Mysore|accessdate=16 April 2018}}</ref> | ||
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==Family and heirs== | ==Family and heirs== | ||
Guruswamy, being without an heir, adopted his brother K.N. Anjanappa's son K.A. Nettakallappa, who became a well-known journalist but died young at the age of 47. Nettakallappa and ''Prajavani'' editor Ramachandra Rao are credited with playing a pioneering role in founding the Press Club of Bangalore.<ref name="History" /> | Guruswamy, being without an heir, adopted his brother K.N. Anjanappa's son K.A. Nettakallappa, who became a well-known journalist but died young at the age of 47. Nettakallappa and ''Prajavani'' editor Ramachandra Rao are credited with playing a pioneering role in founding the Press Club of Bangalore.<ref name="History" /> | ||
Nettakallappa's sons -- K.N. Hari Kumar, K.N. Tilak Kumar, and K.N. Shanth Kumar -- have been at the helm of the publications.<ref name="History" /> The publications adopt a policy of "objectivity, integrity, impartiality and truth flying high". | Nettakallappa's sons -- K.N. Hari Kumar, K.N. Tilak Kumar, and K.N. Shanth Kumar -- have been at the helm of the publications.<ref name="History" /> The publications adopt a policy of "objectivity, integrity, impartiality and truth flying high". Its tagline currently (2019) is "The Power of Good."<ref name="History" /> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||