Ashok Kumar Jain

{{Short description|Industrialist and philanthropist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Ashok Kumar Jain | image = | caption = | birthname = | birth_date = 25 September 1934 | birth_place = Rajasthan | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|02|04|1934|09|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Cleveland, United States | education = | occupation = Industrialist and Philanthropist, Chairman Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. | years_active = | alias = | status = | title = | family = | spouse = Indu Jain | children = 3, including Samir Jain and Vineet Jain | father = Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain | relatives = Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain | credits = }}

'''Ashok Jain''' (1934 – 4 February 1999) was the Chairman of Bennett, Coleman & Co., the parent company of ''The Times of India'' and other large newspapers.<ref name=exp98/>

==FERA violation charges== Ashok Jain was indicted and arrested in 1998, a year before his death, in connection with an alleged violation of the FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act). Again, the Times was accused of distorting facts pertaining to the case, even giving Ashok's indictment by the Enforcement Directorate the tint of a larger conspiracy against the Jain community in general. Adding to the controversy were sacked editor H.K. Dua's claims that his dismissal was retaliation for his refusal to comply with Ashok Jain's request to help him out by using his editorial position to build up public support besides lobbying with politicians. The ED, Delhi, arrested Jain from his Carmichael Road residence in Mumbai after 18 months in various courts. <ref name=exp98>{{cite news |title=Ashok Jain arrested |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980704/18555484.html |publisher=Indian Express |date=4 July 1998 |accessdate=18 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722004606/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980704/18555484.html |archive-date=22 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ASHOK JAIN CASE:Ashok Jain is arrested by the Enforcement Directorate.|author=Sudha Mahalingam |url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1515/15151170.htm |volume=15 |issue=15 |date=18–31 July 1998 |publisher=Frontline magazine |accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A newspaper scandal: Editorial changes in The Times of India raise disturbing questions.|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1512/15120860.htm |volume=15 |issue=12 |date=6–19 June 1998|publisher=Fontline |accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref>

==Personal== Jain was married to Indu Jain by whom he had two sons, Samir Jain, Vineet Jain and a daughter Nandita. He died on 4 February 1999 in Cleveland, United States at age of 64, following a heart transplant on 10 January. Even after his death, his contribution to the society was noted as the managing trustee of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, which is a leading organisation devoted to the promotion and recognition of the best creative writing in Indian languages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashok Jain, chief of TOI group, dies in US |url=http://www.rediff.co.in/news/1999/feb/04jain1.htm |date=4 February 1999 |publisher=Rediff |accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Media world loses another doye |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990205/ige05014.html |publisher=Indian Express |date=5 February 1999 |accessdate=18 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119053251/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990205/ige05014.html |archivedate=19 January 2014 }}</ref>

==See also== * Agrawal and Agrawal Jain * Nattal Sahu

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.jaina.org/educationcommittee/education_material/F10_Jain_Legends/Shanti%20Prasadji_Atmanandji.doc Shravak Shiromani Sahoo Shri Shantiprasadji]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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