
“Puran Chandraji was a freedom fighter, revolutionary, journalist and an entrepreneur...He chose the path of journalism to serve the people of India.”
This is what Dr Manmohan Singh said in 2012 while releasing a postage stamp honouring Puran Chandra Gupta, founder of the Jagran group – best known for Dainik Jagran. Gupta had also served as chairman of the Press Trust of India for two years.