"Ramnath Goenka was a Man of many parts, freedom fighter, Gandhian Worker, politician, merchant, industrialist and newspaper magnate. But more than anything else he was an indomitable warrior for the Freedom Of the Press, whose frontiers he fearlessly defended and pushed, Often at enormous cost to himself. His mission as a newspaper publisher was to empower the citizen, uphold his right to know, and to make all those in power and authority accountable To the people a mission that he carried out with unflagging, if sometimes excessive zeal."
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Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka (1904–1991), known popularly as RNG, was an Indian newspaper publisher and news paper baron. He launched the The Indian Express and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications. In 2000, India Today magazine, named him on their list of "100 People Who Shaped India".
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