About Puran Chandra Gupta
Lived 1912 – 1986 (aged 74). Puran Chandra Gupta was a journalist.
Puran Chandra Gupta (2 January 1912 – 16 September 1986)
Biography 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.
In 2012, a postage stamp was issued in his honour.
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Who was Puran Chandra Gupta?
Indian journalist
When was Puran Chandra Gupta born?
Puran Chandra Gupta was born on 2 January 1912 in Kalpi.
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Puran Chandra Gupta died on 16 September 1986.
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Puran Chandra Gupta was a journalist.
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