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| birth_place = Bijaigarh, [[Aligarh district]], Uttar Pradesh, India
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| occupation = Journalist<br>writer<br>[[indian independence activist]]
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| known for = [[Navbharat Times]]
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>Sahitya Ratna Award
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'''Akshay Kumar Jain''' (1915–1993) was an [[Indian independence activist]], writer, journalist and the editor of [[Navbharat Times]], a Hindi language daily owned by [[The Times Group]].<ref name="Shri Akshya Kumar Jain">{{cite web | url=http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=2720&cat=62 | title=Shri Akshya Kumar Jain | publisher=Jain Samaj | date=2016 | access-date=14 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818042858/http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=2720&cat=62 | archive-date=18 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="(India)1827">{{cite book|author=Madhya Pradesh (India)|title=Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Hoshangabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqE8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA580|year=1827|publisher=Government Central Press|pages=580–}}</ref> He was one of the founders of the National Union of Journalists (India) and held the chair of its reception committee when the organization was formed in 1972.<ref name="National Union of Journalists">{{cite web | url=http://oujodisha.blogspot.ae/ | title=National Union of Journalists | publisher=Odisha Union of Journalists | date=2016 | access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Born on 30 December 1915 at Bijaigarh in [[Aligarh district]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Roop Kishore Jain, who was a [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]], Jain graduated from [[Holkar Science College]], Indore in 1938 and followed it up with a degree in law (LLB) from [[Aligarh University]] in 1940.<ref name="Shri Akshya Kumar Jain" /> During this period, he was involved with the [[Indian freedom movement]] and participated in the [[Quit India]] movement of 1942.

== Career ==
He started his career in 1939 at ''Daily Sainik'' while studying for law and was involved with [[Hindusthan Samachar]],<ref name="Hindusthan Samachar">{{cite web | url=http://nepali.hindusthansamachar.com/static/about.aspx | title=Hindusthan Samachar | publisher=Hindusthan Samachar | date=2016 | access-date=14 July 2016 | archive-date=18 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818231733/http://nepali.hindusthansamachar.com/static/about.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Sudarshan weekly'' (editor 1940), and ''Vir'' (1940–46) before joining [[Navbharat Times]] when the daily was founded in 1946. He continued with them for 31 years till his retirement in 1977 as its Editor-in-Chief.

Jain presided two sessions of All-India Newspapers Editors Conference (1964 and 1967) and served as the member of the [[Press Council of India]] for two terms. He chaired the board of directors of [[Samachar Bharati]] News Agency, presided the ''Hindi Patrakar Sangh'' and was a member of the [[International Press Institute]], a global organization promoting press freedom and fair journalistic practices. He published several books in Hindi language which included ''Yada rahi mulakatem''<ref name="Yada rahi mulakatem">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Yada-rahi-mulakatem-Akshay-Kumar/dp/B0000CR7OJ?ie=UTF8&qid=1468514179&ref_=la_B00MYL62FA_1_2&s=books&sr=1-2 | title=Yada rahi mulakatem | publisher=Rajapala enda Sanza | author=Akshay Kumar Jain | year=1971 | ASIN=B0000CR7OJ}}</ref> and ''Bacapana ki batem''.<ref name="Bacapana ki batem">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Bacapana-batem-Akshay-Kumar-Jain/dp/B0000CRDVY?ie=UTF8&qid=1468514179&ref_=la_B00MYL62FA_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1 | title=Bacapana ki batem | publisher=Vidya Prakasana Mandira | author=Akshay Kumar Jain | author-link=1992 | ASIN=B0000CRDVY}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1967, for his contributions to literature and journalism.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Jain, who was also a recipient of the Sahitya Ratna Award (1970), died on 31 March 1993, at the age of 78.<ref name="Signposts">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/eminent-hindi-journalist-and-freedom-fighter-akshay-kumar-jain-passes-away/1/301955.html | title=Signposts | publisher=India Today | date=31 March 1993 | access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Navbharat Times]]
* [[List of Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/times-exclusive/373908/akshay-kumar-jain-editor-navbharat.html | title=Akshay Kumar Jain, editor of Navbharat Times, at his office | publisher=Times Content | work=Web gallery | date=8 March 1982 | access-date=14 July 2016}}

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