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'''Gopalan Kasturi''' (17 December 1924 – 21 September 2012) was an Indian journalist who served as the Editor of ''[[The Hindu]]'' from 1965 to 1991. Till date, he is the longest serving editor of the newspaper.<ref name="frontline_20031010">{{cite journal|title=The Hindu at 125|author=T. S. Subramanian|url=http://hindu.com/fline/fl2020/stories/20031010005512800.htm|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|volume=20|issue=20|date=10 October 2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004163905/http://hindu.com/fline/fl2020/stories/20031010005512800.htm|archivedate=4 October 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Kasturi was born in [[Madras]] on 17 December 1924 to [[K. Gopalan]] and Ranganayaki. He was the grandson of [[S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]], the patriarch of the Kasturi family, who died a year before he was born. Kasturi graduated from the [[Presidency College, Madras]] and joined ''The Hindu'', the family newspaper.<br />
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Kasturi married Kamala and has two sons and a daughter - [[K. Balaji (publisher)|K. Balaji]], [[Kasturi Venugopal|K. Venugopal]] and Lakshmi Srinath. Kasturi's elder brother, [[G. Narasimhan]], served as Managing-Director of ''The Hindu'' from 1959 to 1977.<br />
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== Editorship ==<br />
Kasturi became the Editor of ''The Hindu'' in 1965 on the early death of its editor, [[S. Parthasarathy]]. Kasturi served as its editor from 1965 to 1991. Kasturi retired in 1991 and was succeeded by [[N. Ravi]].<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Kasturi died on 21 September 2012 at the age of 88 at his home in Chennai.<ref name="about_death">{{cite news|title=Former Editor G. Kasturi passes away|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-editor-g-kasturi-passes-away/article3919690.ece?homepage=true | date=21 September 2012 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=18 July 2018 }}</ref> His death came a day after the 134th anniversary of the founding of The Hindu newspaper.<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Who's who in India|publisher=Guide Publications|year=1966|page=207}}<br />
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[[Category:Presidency College, Chennai alumni]]<br />
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