B.D. Goenka
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B.D. Goenka was son of Ramnath Goenka, a newspaper baron of India
. He was a manager of the The Indian Express
and had been described as the "inveterate foe" of the Nehru family
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He died as a result of a cardiac arrest.
In his memory the "B.D. Goenka award" was established in 1979 by Ramnath Goenka
to recognise the contributions made by individuals in building and furthering the cause of journalism.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He was a manager of the The Indian Express
The Indian Express
The Indian Express is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is published in Mumbai by Indian Express Group. After Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split in 1999 among his family members into two with the southern editions taking the name The New Indian Express, while the old...
and had been described as the "inveterate foe" of the Nehru family
Nehru-Gandhi family
The Nehru–Gandhi family or Nehru - Feroze Gandhi family is an Indian political family which has been dominant in the Indian National Congress for most of India's history since independence...
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He died as a result of a cardiac arrest.
In his memory the "B.D. Goenka award" was established in 1979 by Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka was a newspaper baron of India. He launched The Indian Express and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications...
to recognise the contributions made by individuals in building and furthering the cause of journalism.