Ramesh Chandra Agrawal

Ramesh Chandra Agarwal

Question: Ramesh Chandra Agrawal recently passed away. He was the Chairman of which one of the following newspaper group?
(a) Dainik Jagaran
(b) Amar Ujala
(c) The Hindu
(d) Dainik Bhaskar
Answer- (d)
Related facts:

  • On 12th April, 2017, Ramesh Chandra Agrawal, President of the Daily Bhaskar Newspaper Group, passed away. He was of 73 years.
  • He was born on November 30th, 1944 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
  • He laid the foundation of Dainik Bhaskar with his father in Bhopal in 1958.
  • Its Indore edition was launched in year 1983.
  • Dainik Bhaskar stepped out of Madhya Pradesh for the first time in 1966 and launched its first edition from Rajasthan.
  • Dainik Bhaskar is now published from 14 Indian states with 62 editions and is the fourth largest circulated daily in the world.
  • Forbes placed him at number 95 in the list of 100 richest people of India in 2012.
  • Apart from this, he was also awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Life Time Achievement Award in Journalism.

Reference:
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/852108333184147456
http://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-ramesh-chandra-agarwal-success-story-news-hindi-5573220-PHO.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dainik-bhaskar-group-chairman-ramesh-agrawal-passes-away/article17957604.ece
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dainik-bhaskar-group-chairman-ramesh-chandra-agarwal-passes-away/1/927264.html