'''Robert Knight''' (13 March 1825 – 27 January 1890) was an English editor, journalist and newspaper proprietor. He was considered an avid critic of British imperialism<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/supreme-being/5|title=Supreme Being|work=Caravan Magazine}}</ref> and was an editor of ''Times of India'' and founder of ''The Statesman'', two of the most prominent newspapers in India.<ref name="Parhi2008">{{cite book|author=Asima Ranjan Parhi|title=Indian English Through Newspapers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pPLnk1RyHEC&pg=PA26|access-date=28 June 2016|year=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-507-0|pages=26–}}</ref><ref name="Basu1979">{{cite book|author=Jitendra Nath Basu|title=Romance of Indian Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILnZQyWng3kC|access-date=28 June 2016|year=1979|publisher=Calcutta University|page=200}}</ref><ref name="REDDI2014">{{cite book|author=C.V. Narasimha Reddi|title=Effective Public Relations and Media Strategy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZJeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|access-date=28 June 2016|date=1 January 2014|publisher=PHI Learning|isbn=978-81-203-4871-4|pages=76–}}</ref><ref name="odnb">{{Cite ODNB|id=74329|title=Knight, Robert (1825–1890), newspaper editor in India|first=Edwin |last=Hirschmann|authorlink=}}</ref>
==Biography== Knight was born in Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, London. He came to Bombay in British India in 1847 as a 22-year-old and later took up journalism and writing articles in newspapers. Robert Knight became the Editor of the ''Bombay Times'' in 1857 replacing George Buist. In December 1859 the ''Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India'' was absorbed into it and later in and in 1861 it absorbed its rivals ''Courier'' and ''Telegraph'', both Bombay newspapers, and the name was changed to ''The Times of India''. It grew into national prominence under him.<ref name="odnb"/><ref name="Malhan2013">{{cite book|author=Sangita P. Menon Malhan|title=THE TOI STORY: How A Newspaper Changed The Rules Of The Games|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybzjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1945|access-date=28 June 2016|date=2 August 2013|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-664-6|pages=1945–}}</ref> He forged an arrangement with Reuters which made them the sole agent for India.<ref name="Hirschmann2008">{{cite book|author=Edwin Hirschmann|title=Robert Knight: Reforming Editor in Victorian India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpQLAQAAMAAJ|access-date=28 June 2016|year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-569622-6|page=74}}</ref> Later he left ''The Times of India'' and started ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta in 1875.<ref name="Kanungo2001">{{cite book|author=Chitra Kanungo|title=Freedom Under Assault|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4KoSCutpAcC&pg=PA283|access-date=28 June 2016|date=1 January 2001|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-226-4|pages=283–}}</ref>
In 1854, he married Catherine Hannah (1837–1918), with whom he had 12 children. He died in Calcutta in 1890, apparently of malaria. His sons Paul and Robert were also journalists and newspapers proprietors.<ref name="odnb"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Mr. Robert T. Knight |work=The Times |page= 12 |date=13 September 1965 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mr. Paul T. Knight |work=The Times |page= 7 |date= 15 February 1949}}</ref>
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