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{{Short description|Indian journalist}}
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| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]
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| education = Post Graduation in English from [[Punjab University, Chandigarh]]<br />He is a Scholarship holder in Journalism from Ceteka, [[Prague]] [[Czechoslovakia]].
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'''Chander Mohan''' (born 7 February 1946) is the grandson of editor Mahashya Krishan, who started Pratap in [[Lahore]] in 1919. He is the son of Shri Virendra who was a freedom fighter, editor, educationist and [[Arya Samaj]] leader.

==Career==
Chander Mohan is a senior editor and [[Journalist]]. He has been the Editor for the last 30 years of Daily Vir Pratap, Jalandhar oldest Hindi newspaper of north west India. He is also contributing a weekly column to major National Hindi dailies. He is also a popular TV Commentator. He gives his comments on news once a week on the popular "Khas Khabar Ek Nazar" Programme of DD Punjabi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.media-directory.asia/|title=Media directory|website=www.media-directory.asia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_ldh38.htm |title=Newspapers published outside Ludhiana District, which command fairly large circulation in the District |access-date=2014-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045136/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_ldh38.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/-WcYByPKlsE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160528184845/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WcYByPKlsE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WcYByPKlsE| title = Satpal Singh Johal. Doordarshan. DD Punjabi News Khas Khabar with Chander Mohan, Editor Veer Partap | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Chander Mohan is a known educationist and contributed to the educational field. He is also President of prestigious body Arya Shiksha Mandal a 100-year-old educational society and it runs five institutions of higher education at both college and school level. [[Kanya Maha Vidyalaya]], [[Doaba College]], Sanskriti KMV School, Jullunder Model School, Dev Raj Senior Secondary School and Dev Raj Public School are being run by the governing body of this society. Chander Mohan has been leading the Arya Shiksha Mandal as president for the past 27 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kmvjla.org/The-President.php |title=Welcome to Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar |accessdate=2014-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052642/http://kmvjla.org/The-President.php |archivedate=2014-11-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kmvjalandhar.ac.in/The-President.php |title=Welcome to Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar |accessdate=2014-12-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211051549/http://kmvjalandhar.ac.in/The-President.php |archivedate=2014-12-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doabacollege.net/prisident.php |title=Welcome to Doaba College, Jalandhar :: Since 1941 |accessdate=2014-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040448/http://www.doabacollege.net/prisident.php |archivedate=2014-11-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sanskritikmv.jhworld.in/ |title=Sanskriti KMV School - Sanskriti KMV School |access-date=2014-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719182636/http://sanskritikmv.jhworld.in/ |archive-date=2015-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://sanskritikmv.in/ Sanskriti KMV School]</ref> The governing body of Arya Shiksha Mandal and all members elected Chander Mohan consecutively tenth time in a row at the annual meeting of the body held on 30 December 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmvjla.org/indexnews44.php |title=Welcome to Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar |accessdate=2014-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141123072357/http://www.kmvjla.org/indexnews44.php |archivedate=2014-11-23 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cityairnews.com/content/chander-mohan-elected-president-arya-shiksha-mandal-6th-consecutive-term | title=Chander Mohan elected President Arya Shiksha Mandal for 6th Consecutive Term | date=25 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/mohan-is-arya-shiksha-mandal-chief-for-10th-term-192603|title=Mohan is Arya Shiksha Mandal chief for 10th term|first=Tribune News|last=Service|website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref>
<ref>[[Doaba College, Jalandhar]]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanskritikmv.jhworld.in/blog.html |title=Sanskriti KMV School - Sanskriti KMV School | Blog |accessdate=2014-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129053705/http://sanskritikmv.jhworld.in/blog.html |archivedate=2015-01-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140526/jaltrib.htm|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - JALANDHAR TRIBUNE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140306/jaltrib.htm|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - JALANDHAR TRIBUNE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmvjla.org/indexnews114.php |title=Welcome to Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar |accessdate=2014-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214200153/http://kmvjla.org/indexnews114.php |archivedate=2015-02-14 }}</ref>

His articles are widely acknowledged in Daily Newspapers Punjab Kesri, Vir Pratap, Dawn, Times of India<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/chander-mohan/|title=Chander Mohan Blog|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> and other daily news papers. Recent such article is "An India-Pakistan wartime friendship in Prague"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1257499/an-india-pakistan-wartime-friendship-in-prague|title = An India-Pakistan wartime friendship in Prague|date = 16 May 2016}}</ref>
in Dawn.

==Awards==
Widely travelled in the world. He has been recipient of the Rotary Award for World Understanding. He was also bestowed Honorary Citizenship of Nashville, capital of Tennessee province of USA.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==Contribution to society==
He is also a Trustee of Gulab Devi Hospital Trust which was started by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==References==
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[[Category:Journalists from Lahore]]
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Nasimahamad.vitaniya at 02:44, 30 April 2026