{{Short description|Indian journalist (1912–1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Puran Chandra Gupta 2012 stamp of India.jpg | caption = Gupta on a 2012 stamp of India | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|1|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh, India | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|9|16|1912|1|2|df=y}} | death_place = India | occupation = Journalist, publisher }} '''Puran Chandra Gupta''' (2 January 1912 – 16 September 1986)<ref name=r1/> was an Indian journalist who founded the Dainik Jagran media group and the Hindi-language publication ''Dainik Jagran'', which remains the most popular daily newspaper in India.<ref name=r2>[http://www.istampgallery.com/puran-chandra-gupta/ Puran Chandra Gupta]. istampgallery.com</ref><ref name=r3>[http://www.sipa.org.in/bulletin/Apr-June%202012.pdf Puran Chandra Gupta]. ''SIPA Bulletin''. 2 January 2012. p. 18</ref>
==Biography== Gupta was born in Kalpi, and educated in Kalpi and Varanasi. In 1940, he launched a nationalist weekly newspaper ''Swatantra'' in Kanpur. The newspaper was disapproved by the British administration and had to move to Jhansi. There in 1942 he started the daily newspaper ''Jagran'', which in 1947 was renamed into ''Dainik Jagran''. In 1975, Gupta was elected as chairman of the Press Trust of India. Besides, for 15 years he was an executive member of The Indian Newspaper Society and served as its Vice President.<ref name=r2/><ref name=r3/>
==Legacy== In 1987, the Sri Puranchandra Gupta Smarak Trust was established in Kanpur. The trust is engaged in educational, spiritual, cultural, and philanthropic activities.<ref name=r1>[http://www.jef.org.in/ About JEF]. jef.org.in</ref>
In 2012, a postage stamp was issued in his honour.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bhula |first=Pooja |title=Who Owns Your Media: Jagran Group and the story of India’s most read daily |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/09/19/who-owns-your-media-jagran-group-and-the-story-of-indias-most-read-daily |website=Newslaundry |date=2022-09-19 |access-date=2026-03-25}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Puran Chandra}} Category:Indian newspaper editors Category:Indian newspaper publishers (people) Category:Businesspeople from Uttar Pradesh Category:1912 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Journalists from Uttar Pradesh Category:20th-century Indian male journalists Category:20th-century Indian journalists