Narendra Mohan
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Mohan died at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi on 20 September 2002, at the age of 67, following a multi-organ failure.[4]
Life
In the early 1940s, while living in Kanpur, Narendra Mohan reportedly did not have enough money to buy a bicycle and relied on a bullock cart for transportation.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Mohan entered politics and became an MP for BJP, after encouragement from his political mentor, Lal Krishna Advani.
Mohan's father, Puran Chand Gupta, founded Dainik Jagran in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh [5]which was his third attempt at starting a news business. The newspaper was among the first to switch to color and print satellite editions. It employs about 3,500 journalists, editors & writers and introduced the concept of mohalla correspondents, or individuals who provide news and updates from their local communities.
Mohan, a former chairman of the Press Trust of India, campaigned for allowing Foreign Direct Investment in the print media, according to the Telegraph India.[4]
Publications
Narendra Mohan wrote four books:
- Dharm Aur Sampradayikta
- Aaj Ki Rajniti aur Bhrashtachar
- Bharatiya Sanskriti
- Hindutva
References
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