Sahu Jain
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Sahu Jain is an important industrial family of India. They own the Times Group and its parent company, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. They are of Agrawal Jain
community.
Sahu Jains hail from a small town of Najibabad
, Bijnor district
(near Meerut, 180 km from Delhi), Uttar Pradesh
, India
.
The leading members of the family have been Rai Bahadur Jagmundar Das Jain, Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
, Sahu Shreyans Prasad Jain, Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
, Sahu Samir Jain, Sahu Vineet Jain, Sahu Deepak Jain and Indu Jain
.
India's highest literary honour, Jnanpith Award
s, are given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization founded by the family. The group has also founded a few other awards that are coveted honours in the fields of fashion, movies and business in India - namely the Miss India
title, Filmfare Awards
(movies) and the Economic Times Awards
for Corporate Excellence.
The Times Group has diversified into many fields. The Times of India
(world's largest circulated English newspaper), the Economic Times
, FM Radio Mirchi, the Planet M music store chain, the biweekly magazine Femina India, the Indiatimes portal, the 24 hours English news channel Times Now
, the lifestyle channel Zoom are owned by the Sahu Jain family. The group recently acquired Virgin Radio (renamed to Absolute Radio) in the United Kingdom.
Agrawal Jain
Agrawal Jains are an ancient Jaina community who origined from Hisar, Haryana. They are among the most prominent Jaina communities.-Legends:According to Bachan Kosh of Bulakhichand and several other texts from the Mughal period preserved in Delhi temple libraries, the emergence of the Agrawals is...
community.
Sahu Jains hail from a small town of Najibabad
Najibabad
Najibabad is a pleasant city / partially hill station and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has a railway junction and is one of the administrative blocks of the Bijnor district...
, Bijnor district
Bijnor District
Bijnor is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Bijnor city is the district headquarters.-Geography :...
(near Meerut, 180 km from Delhi), Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
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...
.
The leading members of the family have been Rai Bahadur Jagmundar Das Jain, Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain was among the most prominent Jains of the 20th century. He was a leading industrialist and philanthropist.He was born at Najibabad in Uttar Pradesh in the famous Sahu Jain family in 1911. His grandfather was Sahu Salekh Chand Jain who was involved in religious and charitable...
, Sahu Shreyans Prasad Jain, Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain was a leading mediaperson, philanthropist, promoter of Indian literature and leader of the worldwide Jain community. He hails from the well known Sahu Jain family of Najibabad .-Early Life:...
, Sahu Samir Jain, Sahu Vineet Jain, Sahu Deepak Jain and Indu Jain
Indu Jain
Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India's largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which owns the Times of India and other large newspapers. She is widowed with two sons....
.
India's highest literary honour, Jnanpith Award
Jnanpith Award
The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country...
s, are given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization founded by the family. The group has also founded a few other awards that are coveted honours in the fields of fashion, movies and business in India - namely the Miss India
Miss India
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...
title, Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
(movies) and the Economic Times Awards
Economic Times Awards
The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence are the awards conferred by The Economic Times in the field of business, corporate and government policies, economies in India...
for Corporate Excellence.
The Times Group has diversified into many fields. The Times of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
(world's largest circulated English newspaper), the Economic Times
The Economic Times
The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...
, FM Radio Mirchi, the Planet M music store chain, the biweekly magazine Femina India, the Indiatimes portal, the 24 hours English news channel Times Now
Times Now
Times Now is a 24-hour English language news channel based in Mumbai and broadcast primarily in the South Asian region. The channel was launched in 2006 as a joint-venture of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the publishers of The Times of India and Reuters. Arnab Goswami is the Editor-in Chief and...
, the lifestyle channel Zoom are owned by the Sahu Jain family. The group recently acquired Virgin Radio (renamed to Absolute Radio) in the United Kingdom.
See also
- Shah (Jain family name)Shah (Jain family name)Shah is an Indian family name found mainly in the North Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.The surname has been adopted by the Jain and Hindu bania . Many Jains, vaishnavas, especially from Gujarat and southern Rajasthan, have the last name "Shah"...
- Nattal SahuNattal SahuNattal Sahu of Yoginipur is the earliest known Agrawal merchant-prince, who lived during the reign Tomara king, Anangapal. His life's account is described in Apabhramsha text Pasanaha Cariu of poet Vibudh Shridhar, written in Vikrama Samvat 1189 .Nattal's father was Sahu Joja...
- Bharatiya Jnanpith
- Agrawal JainAgrawal JainAgrawal Jains are an ancient Jaina community who origined from Hisar, Haryana. They are among the most prominent Jaina communities.-Legends:According to Bachan Kosh of Bulakhichand and several other texts from the Mughal period preserved in Delhi temple libraries, the emergence of the Agrawals is...