Narayan Bhikaji Parulekar commonly referred as Nanasaheb Parulekar 20 September 1897–,was the Founder Editor of 'Sakal

Sakal

Sakal is a Marathi language daily newspaper headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication, Sakal Media Group. Present newspaper circulation of Sakal is approximately 1.5 million copies per day, mainly in Maharashtra...

', a Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 daily newspaper, launched in January 1932. He also remained the Chairman of the Press Trust of India

Press Trust of India

Press Trust of India is the largest news agency in India. It is headquartered in Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 450 Indian newspapers and has a staff of about 2,000 writers spread across 150 offices nationwide...

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Today, Sakal is the flagship daily of Pune-based Sakal Media Group, which also runs newspapers like Sakaal Times

Sakaal Times

Sakaal Times is an English language daily newspaper published from Pune, India. It has recently been renamed as Sakàl Times. It is published by the Sakaal Media Group, a media establishment in Pune whose flagship publication is the daily broadsheet Sakaal . The paper started its circulation in May...

 and Gomantak, and sells almost 3 lakh copies in Pune district

Pune District

Pune District is situated in Maharashtra state of India. Pune city is the district headquarters. In the last census on 2001, the total population of the district was 7,232,555, making it the fourth most populous district in India . Urban population comprises 58.08% of the total population...

 and over 10 lakh copies across Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. Narayan Parulekar is considered to be the father of Indian journalism.

Personal life

He was married to French, Shanta Genevieve Pommeret and had a daughter Claude Lila Parulekar .

External links

• Dr. Nanasaheb Parulekar Sakal Charity Trust, website