{{Short description|Indian businessman and newspaper publisher (1934–2002)}} {{for|the poet|Narendra Mohan (poet)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Narendra Mohan | image = Narendra Mohan 2003 stamp of India.jpg | caption = Mohan on a 2003 stamp of India | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1934|10|10}} | birth_place = Kalpi, Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, India | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|9|20|1934|10|10}} | death_place = New Delhi, India | occupation = Past chairman and managing director, Jagran Group }} '''Narendra Mohan''' (10 October 1934 – 20 September 2002) was an Indian journalist, newspaper publisher, and politician. He served as managing director of Jagran Prakashan, and Chairman of the Press Trust of India.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |title=Narendra Mohan dead |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/narendra-mohan-dead/cid/964753 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109120147/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/narendra-mohan-dead/cid/964753 |archive-date=2025-01-09 |access-date=2025-08-28 |language=en}}</ref> Mohan was the son of Puran Chandra Gupta, founder of the Hindi-language newspaper ''Dainik Jagran,'' of which Mohan also served as publisher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://jplcorp.in/new/DirectorsList.aspx?PID=19 |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=jplcorp.in}}</ref>
==Early life== Mohan was born on 10 October 1934 in Kalpi in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. In 1947 he moved to Kanpur where his father Puran Chandra Gupta set up the Hindi newspaper, ''Dainik Jagran''''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-05 |title=Jagran Prakashan’s Sanjay Gupta appointed Chairman of IIM-Amritsar - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/jagran-prakashans-sanjay-gupta-appointed-chairman-of-iim-amritsar-69527.html |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dainik Jagran CMD calls on PM, presents demand drafts worth Rs. 4 crores towards PMNRF |url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/dainik-jagran-cmd-calls-on-pm-presents-demand-drafts-worth-rs-4-crores-towards-pmnrf/}}</ref>''
== Career == According to the ''Telegraph India'', as chairman of the Press Trust of India, Mohan campaigned for the introduction of foreign direct investment in print media.<ref name=":12" />
He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1996, making him a Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament with encouragement from senior party leader Lal Krishna Advani.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Narendra Mohan : A Pioneer In Hindi Journalism |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/narendra-mohan-a-pioneer-in-hindi-journalism-102092101083_1.html |website=Business Standard}}</ref>
== Personal life == Narendra Mohan had two sons and a daughter. Sanjay Gupta, Mohan's eldest son, is the editor-in-chief and CEO of ''Dainik Jagran.''
== Death == Mohan died at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi on 20 September 2002 at the age of 67, following multi-organ failure.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |title=Narendra Mohan dead |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/narendra-mohan-dead/cid/964753 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109120147/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/narendra-mohan-dead/cid/964753 |archive-date=9 January 2025 |access-date=2025-03-28 |language=en}}</ref>
==Selected publications== Narendra Mohan wrote five books:
* ''Dharm Aur Sampradayikta'' (1996)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharam aur Sampradayikta |url=https://opac.library.iitb.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=57236 |website=Indian Institute of Technology Bombay}}</ref><ref name="ref12">{{Cite web |title=Dharma and Communalism |url=https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/dharma-and-communalism-ubf310/?srsltid=AfmBOoqfnvCPKlzywG-zZ_G8MVqt2LzvxFXiCly5Olo4bLNz6udfwvBv |website=Exotic India Art}}</ref> * ''Hindutva'' (1998)<ref name="ref12" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hindutva |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Hindutva.html?id=AZoMAAAAIAAJ&hl=en |website=Google Books}}</ref> * ''Aaj Ki Rajniti aur Bhrashtachar'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aaj ki Rajniti Aur Bhrastachar |url=https://srapcollege.co.in/aaj-ki-rajniti-aur-bhrastachar |website=Sheodeni Ram Ayodhya Prasad College}}</ref> * ''Bharatiya Sanskriti'' (2017)<ref name="ref12" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bharatiya Sanskriti |url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/bharatiya-sanskriti/author/narendra-mohan/ |website=Abe Books}}</ref> * ''Dharma and Communalism'' (2022)<ref name="ref12" />
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==External links== *http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020921/nation.htm#12 *[http://www.jagran.com Dainik Jagran website] *https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/narendra-mohan-dead/cid/964753
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohan}} Category:Indian male journalists Category:Indian newspaper editors Category:Indian newspaper publishers (people) Category:Indian mass media owners Category:Businesspeople from Uttar Pradesh Category:People from Jalaun Category:1934 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Journalists from Uttar Pradesh