{{Short description|Industrial family of India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox Family | name = Sahu Jain family | image = | crest = | caption = | region = [[Najibabad]], [[Bijnor district]], Uttar Pradesh, India | early_forms = | members = {{ubl|Rai Bahadur Jagmundar Das Jain|[[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]]|[[Shreyans Prasad Jain]]|Sahu Shital Prasad Jain|[[Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain]]|Sahu Sumat Prasad Jain|Sahu Jinendra Kumar Jain|Sahu Phool Chand Jain|[[Ashok Kumar Jain]]|[[Indu Jain]]|[[Samir Jain]]|[[Vineet Jain]]}} | distinctions = Owners of [[The Times Group|Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]] }}
The '''Sahu Jain family''' is an industrial family of India. They own [[The Times Group|Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]] (commonly known as The Times Group), which owns ''[[The Times of India]]'', the most-circulated English-language newspaper in the world. The members of the extended family have interests in education ([[S P Jain School of Global Management]]), chemicals (DCW Ltd.) and finance (DoubleDot Ltd. and Crescent Finstock Ltd).
The family are from the [[Jain]] community and has its origins in the small town of [[Najibabad]], [[Bijnor district]] (near [[Meerut]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], 180 km from Delhi), present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref>[http://www.marwar.com/the-sahu-jains-of-najibabad/ The Sahu Jains of Najibabad]. Marwar India, Joseph Rozario, 12 May 2017</ref>The family is known for its philanthropic works, and its members have historically served as leaders and prominent figures in the Digambar Jain community. Figures like [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]] and [[Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain]] are recognised as leaders of the worldwide or all-India Jain community. The family has also been involved in the construction and restoration of several [[Jain]] shrines (tirthas) across India. notably, the family played a pivotal role in the 1981 [[Mahamastakabhisheka]] at [[Shravanabelagola]], facilitation the conservation and celebration of the monolithic [[Gommateshwara]] statue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahu Shital Prasad Jain |url=https://www.jainsamaj.org/content.php?url=Sahu_Shital_Prasad_Jain_- |access-date=26 March 2026 |publisher=Ahimsa Foundation |quote=He hails from the known Sahu Digambar Jain family of Najibabad... served the Jain community in various capacities.}}</ref>
==Members== The leading members of the family have been Rai Bahadur Jagmundar Das Jain, [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]], [[Shreyans Prasad Jain|Sahu Shreyans Prasad Jain]], [[Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain]], [[Ashok Kumar Jain]], [[Indu Jain]], [[Samir Jain]], [[Vineet Jain]] and Sahu Deepak Jain.
The [[Jnanpith Award]]s are given by the [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] organization founded by the family. The group has also founded a few other awards that are coveted honours in the fields of fashion, movies and business in India, namely the [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] title, [[Filmfare Awards]] and the [[Economic Times Awards]].
The Times Group has diversified into many fields. ''[[The Times of India]]'' (the world's largest circulated English-language newspaper), ''[[The Economic Times]]'', FM [[Radio Mirchi]], the biweekly magazine ''Femina India'', the Indiatimes portal, the 24 hours English news channel [[Times Now]], the [[Bollywood]] news and music channel [[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]] are all owned by the Sahu Jain family.
==See also== * [[Shah (Jain family name)]] * [[Nattal Sahu]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us}} of ''The Times of India''
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[[Category:The Times Group people]] [[Category:Jain families]] [[Category:Indian publishing families]] [[Category:People from Bijnor district]]