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'''Gopalan Narasimhan''' (28 February 1916 – 5 July 1977) was an Indian journalist and entrepreneur who served as the Managing Director of ''[[The Hindu]]'' from 1959 until his death in 1977. He is the father of the former Editor-in-Chief [[N. Ram]].

== Early life ==

Narasimhan was born in [[Madras]] on 28 February 1916 to [[K. Gopalan]] and Rangayanaki. Gopalan was the son of [[S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]] and younger brother of [[K. Srinivasan]]. Narasimhan's younger brother is [[G. Kasturi]] who served as Editor of ''The Hindu'' from 1965 to 1991.

Narasimhan graduated from the [[Presidency College, Madras]] and joined ''The Hindu'' at an early age. He was the Manager of ''The Hindu'' from 1937 to 1959. On the death of his uncle K. Srinivasan in 1959, Narasimhan became the Managing-Director.

==Career ==

Narasimhan served as Managing Director of ''The Hindu'' from 1959 to 1977. He also served as the President of the [[Indian Newspaper Society|Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society]] (INS) during 1956-57, Chairman of the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations of India]] from 1955 to 1959, [[Press Institute of India]] and was the Director of the Press Foundation of Asia.

His eldest son [[N. Ram]] was the Managing-Director of ''[[The Hindu]]'' since 1977 and its Editor-in-Chief since 27 June 2003 until 18 January 2012, while his youngest son [[N. Ravi]] (b. 1948) served as the Editor-in-chief of ''[[The Hindu]]'' (1991–2003).

== Death ==
Narasimhan died of a [[heart attack]] at [[Madras]] on 5 July 1977, aged 61.<ref name="nytimesbioservicep1000">{{cite book|title=The New York Times biographical service, Volume 8|page=1000|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|year=1977}}</ref>

== Notes ==

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== References ==

* {{cite book|title=The Times of India directory and year book including Who's who|page=798|year=1971}}

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