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Ramesh Chandra Agarwal (1944-2017): A book lover who created a media empire

Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar Group was drawn to the books as a child

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Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar Group, now known as DB Corp

Viveat Susan Pinto Mumbai
Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar Group, now known as DB Corp, was drawn to the books as a child, thanks in part to a books business that his father ran in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi, the place of his birth.

Agarwal, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 73 following a cardiac arrest, put his passion to good use when he stepped into newspaper publishing years later. He chose to turn around the family’s ailing newspaper business in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, a place they had moved to in the 1950s, never looking back. 
 
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