Gurudev Gupta
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1960-66 ,1976-82
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born14 January 1919
Died12 November 2000
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSomvati Gupta
ChildrenAsha Singh, Aruna Bishnoi, Madan Mohan Gupta, Hari Mohan Gupta, Rajiv Mohan Gupta, Archana Gupta and Sanjeev Mohan Gupta
ResidenceRewa

Gurudev Gupta was an Indian politician and renowned journalist. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress. He along with his brothers Shri Pooranchand Gupta and Shri J C Arya established the Hindi daily newspaper "Dainik Jagran" in 1942 from Jhasi. Today the said newspaper is a mega brand in the print media industry of India and is the largest circulated newspaper of the country.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Parliamentary Debate. p. 3652. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1978. p. 818.
  4. ^ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1978). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Council of States Secretariat. p. 43.
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