The Indian Express

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The Indian Express
Journalism of Courage
OCLC number
70274541
Websiteindianexpress.com

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian

daily newspaper founded in 1932 by Ramnath Goenka with an investment by capitalist partner Raja Mohan Prasad. The company is held in a trust by current legal heirs for Prasad's family as per the trust deed given by Goenka to Prasad. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after Goenka's death in 1991,[2] the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name The New Indian Express, while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original Indian Express name with The prefixed to the title.[3]

History

In 1932, the Indian Express was started by an

Three Musketeers
was often used for the three dailies, namely Indian Express, Dinamani and Andhra Prabha.

In 1940, the whole premises was gutted by fire.

cigarette butt could have ignited the fire and said that the growing city had inadequate fire control support.[5] In 1952, the paper had a circulation of 44,469.[6]

After Goenka's death in 1991, two of his grandsons, Manoj Kumar Sonthalia and Vivek Goenka split the group into two. Indian Express Mumbai with all the North Indian editions went to Vivek Goenka, and all the Southern editions, which were grouped as Express Publications Madurai Limited and headquartered in Chennai, went to Sonthalia.[7][8] Indian Express began publishing daily on the internet on 8 July 1996. Five months later, the website expressindia.com attracted "700,000 hits every day, excepting weekends when it fell to 60% of its normal levels".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Express Group Editorial". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Ramnath Goenka". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ Katiyar, Arun (31 March 1995). "Rs 220 crore Indian Express group of late media baron Ramnath Goenka splits". India Today. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b "1940 – The year of Fires". Madras Minutes. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.[unreliable source?]
  6. from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Manoj Kumar Sonthalia vs Vivek Goenka And Ors. on 9 March, 1995". indiankanoon.org. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Manoj Kumar Sonthalia v Vivek Goenka and Others on 09 March 1995 - Judgement - LawyerServices". www.lawyerservices.in. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Indian Express - Awards". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 April 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

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