S. V. Raju
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Singanallur Venkatraman Raju (1933 – 19 May 2015) was an Indian politician, best known for his association with the Swatantra Party on post of executive secretary of the party and his editorship of Freedom First magazine.
Early life
Raju was born in
Career
When Swatantra Party faded away in 1974, Raju, along with Geeta Doctor, took up full-time editorship of Freedom First in 1978. The Freedom First magazine had been started in 1953 by the Indian Committee for Cultural Freedom, which was established by Minoo Masani in Mumbai. Raju raised funds for its continuation in print, and funds for digitization of the magazine since its inception.[2]
In 1996 the Maharashtra unit of the Swatantra Party, led by Raju and its general secretary, L. R. Sampat, decided to revive the Swatantra Party. To register it again and reclaim the party symbol, the star, they approached the
In the late 1990s, he took upon himself the task of reviving the Indian Liberal Group, a platform for liberal values that Minoo Masani had started in 1965.[3]
Publications
- S.V. Raju (2007). Minoo Masani. National Book Trust, India. ISBN 978-81-237-5079-8.
See also
References
- ^ a b Madhavankutty Pillai. "Last Man Standing". Open. 5 April 2014.
- ^ Sameer Wagle (22 May 2015). "SV Raju, the Keeper of the Flame". The Broad Mind. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, "S.V. Raju: the last Swatantrite". Mint. 19 May 2015.
- "Liberalism's last lion: In memory of S. V. Raju and the Swatantra Party". Business Standard. 23 May 2015.
- एस व्ही राजू. Loksatta. 23 May 2015.
- Samanth Subramanian, "India’s last ‘anti-socialist’ dies". The National. 19 May 2015.