Girilal Jain
Girilal Jain was an Indian journalist. He served as the editor of The Times of India from 1978 until 1988. He advocated establishing old glory and re-establishing the great tenets of Hinduism aligned with nationalism and authored books on the subject, the best known of which, The Hindu Phenomenon, was published posthumously.
Career Journey
Background
- Educated at
- University of Delhi
- Awards
- 🏆 Padma Bhushan
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"But, he was a bhakt not of Ram in his totality, that is of Ram the warrior also, but of Ram as Purushottam Purusha, that is, of Ram who set the ideal for ethical life."
"Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the greatest benefactor of hindus in modern times, if he was not a hindu in disguise."
"In view of deliberate attempts in recent decades to project Buddhism and Jainism as separate religions, distinct from Hinduism, it would be in order to deal with them in passing. the attempts have cle…"
"A number of Indians have tried to define secularism as sarva dharma samabhava . I cannot say whether they have been naive or clever in doing so. But the fact remains that secularism cannot admit of su…"
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Timeline
1924
Born
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Died
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