Jalaun - Cities and Towns in Jalaun District, People from Jalaun, Narendra Mohan, Orai, Kalpi, Konch, Itaura, Ghazi Ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cities and Towns in Jalaun District, People From Jalaun, Narendra Mohan, Orai, Kalpi, Konch, Itaura, Ghazi Ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung Iii, Madhogarh, Rampura, Jalaun, Kotra, Uttar Pradesh, Kadaura, Naurejpur, Nadigaon, Umri, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Kuthaund. Excerpt: Narendra Mohan was an Indian industrialist, chairman and managing director of the Rs 874-crore Jagran Prakashan publisher for India's largest selling Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran. The late Narendra Mohan was renowned for his dedicated journalism and deep simplicity and sincerity and was champion in steering the business to its unsurpassable position today 30 editions, a massive 19-odd million readers, apart from being one of the most influential newspapers in the country. Guptas have 59.2% family holding in Jagran Group.The late Narendra Mohans eldest son Sanjay Gupta is editor and CEO of Jagran. Mohan kept a low profile away from the public gaze. But he had tremendous influence both as a newspaper baron and at a personal level. He was drawn into politics as a BJP MP by his 'political mentor' Mr. Lal Krishna Advani. From his humble beginnings when in early 1940s , as a youngster in Kanpur, he didn't have enough money to buy a bicycle and, therefore, had to rely on traditional public transport in the district the bullock-cart,his determination,vision and foresight mixed with diligence and hard-work he took Jagran group to a meteoric rise. The group's founder was Mohan's father, the late Puran Chand Gupta, who never faltered in his determination to become a newspaper baron. Jagran, started from Kanpur, was his third attempt at being a powerful news lord. But Mr Mohan, who took over the paper while his father was still alive, almost certainly deserves the credit for turning it in... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10369137