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| constituency        = [[Haryana]]
| constituency        = [[Haryana]]
| predecessor        = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| predecessor        = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/Main.aspx</ref>
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| spouse              = Sushila Devi
| spouse              = Sushila Devi
| children            = [[Punit Goenka]] <br/> [[Amit Goenka]]
| children            = [[Punit Goenka]] <br/> [[Amit Goenka]] <br/> [[Pooja Dixit]]  
| website            = {{URL|http://www.subhashchandra.com/ }}<br/>{{URL|http://www.subhashchandrafoundation.org/}}
| website            = {{URL|http://www.subhashchandra.com/ }}<br/>{{URL|http://www.subhashchandrafoundation.org/}}
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== Business ==
== Business ==
Chandra launched India's first satellite TV channel, [[Zee TV]], in 1992.<ref name="anand">{{cite news|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/amit-goenka-zee-entertainment-the-next-generation/1/205720.html|title=Passing the Baton|date=25 May 2014|publisher=business today.intoday.in|last1=Adhikari|first1=Anand|access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref> The channel competes with, among others, [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony Entertainment Television]] and [[STAR Plus]]. Currently, the Zee TV network, consisting up to 90 channels, reach 1.3 billion people spread over 174 countries.<ref name=forbe>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/subhash-chandra/ |title=Forbes – Subhash Chandra |work=Forbes.com |date=11 May 2019 |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>
Chandra launched India's first satellite TV channel, [[Zee TV]], in 1992.<ref name="anand">{{cite news|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/amit-goenka-zee-entertainment-the-next-generation/1/205720.html|title=Passing the Baton|date=25 May 2014|publisher=business today.intoday.in|last1=Adhikari|first1=Anand|access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref> The channel competes with, among others, [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony Entertainment Television]] and [[STAR Plus]]. Currently, the Zee TV network, consists of up to 90 channels, reaching 1.3 billion people spread over 174 countries.<ref name=forbe>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/subhash-chandra/ |title=Forbes – Subhash Chandra |work=Forbes.com |date=11 May 2019 |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>


In 2005, in collaboration with Dainik Bhaskar group, Chandra launched an English-language daily newspaper, ''DNA'', in Mumbai to challenge the well-settled ''[[The Times of India]]''. The competition was one of the biggest newspaper battles of Mumbai. Sustaining earlier losses, the newspaper eventually turned around.<ref name=deepak>{{cite news|last1=Ajwani|first1=Deepak|title=At the Zee Group, Son Punit has taken the baton from Subhash Chandra |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/marwari-power/at-the-zee-group-son-punit-has-taken-the-baton-from-subhash-chandra/37359/1|access-date=4 August 2015|publisher=Forbes India Magazine|date=14 March 2014}}</ref> However, by October 2019, DNA was defunct and completely shut down.<ref>https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/27/who-owns-your-media-how-subhash-chandras-zeal-for-diversification-wrecked-his-zee-empire</ref>
In 2005, in collaboration with Dainik Bhaskar group, Chandra launched an English-language daily newspaper, ''DNA'', in Mumbai to challenge the well-settled ''[[The Times of India]]''. The competition was one of the biggest newspaper battles of Mumbai. Sustaining earlier losses, the newspaper eventually turned around.<ref name=deepak>{{cite news|last1=Ajwani|first1=Deepak|title=At the Zee Group, Son Punit has taken the baton from Subhash Chandra |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/marwari-power/at-the-zee-group-son-punit-has-taken-the-baton-from-subhash-chandra/37359/1|access-date=4 August 2015|publisher=Forbes India Magazine|date=14 March 2014}}</ref> However, by October 2019, DNA was defunct and completely shut down.<ref>https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/27/who-owns-your-media-how-subhash-chandras-zeal-for-diversification-wrecked-his-zee-empire</ref>