Gurudev Gupta
Gurudev Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1960-66 ,1976-82 | |
| Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1919 |
| Died | 12 November 2000 (aged 81) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Somvati Gupta |
| Children | Asha Singh, Aruna Bishnoi, Madan Mohan Gupta, Hari Mohan Gupta, Rajiv Mohan Gupta, Archana Gupta and Sanjeev Mohan Gupta |
Gurudev Gupta was an Indian politician and renowned journalist. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress. He along with his brothers Shri Pooranchand Gupta and Shri J C Arya established the Hindi daily newspaper "Dainik Jagran" in 1942 from Jhasi. Today the said newspaper is a mega brand in the print media industry of India and is the largest circulated newspaper of the country.[1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Parliamentary Debate. p. 3652. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1978. p. 818.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1978). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Council of States Secretariat. p. 43.