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{{Short description|Indian editor and reporter (1936–1999)}}
'''Janardan Thakur''' (March 1, 1936 – July 12, 1999)<ref name="b749"/> was a veteran editor, political reporter and columnist.<ref name="s519"/> He was also the former editor of English-language daily newspaper, ''[[The Free Press Journal]]''.<ref name="s519">{{cite web | last=Roy | first=Biswajit | title=Shri Mahajan Condoles The Death Of Shri Janardhan Thakur| website= Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting| date=31 December 2002 |quote= a highly respected journalist whose contribution to the growth of journalism is commendable. | url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr99/l0799/r120799.html | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="q543">{{cite web | title= Remembering Janardan Thakur | website=Rediff.com | date=13 July 1999 | url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/13thakur.htm | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> As an author, he is most known for his book, ''All The Prime Minister’s Men'' (1977), which is considered a classic in political writing as well as on the ''[[Emergency (India)|Emergency period]]'' <ref name="s356">{{cite web | title=Indian Journalism in a New Era | website=OUP India | date=24 December 2018 |editor=Shakuntala Rao| url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Indian_Journalism_in_a_New_Era/8S8DEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Janardan+Thakur+journalist&pg=RA1-PA13&printsec=frontcover |page= 13| access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref> and ''All the Janata Men'' (1978). <ref name="z727"/><ref name="w183">{{cite web | title= Must read 5 books that capture the era: 1962-1977 | website=Hindustan Times | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/75th-independence-day/politics/must-read-1962-1977 | access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="n741">{{cite web | last=Kuruvilla | first=Elizabeth | title=6 books on the Emergency you should read | website=Mint | date=20 June 2015 | url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/76rmBGGHskSxjgequ7qvHK/The-muzzle-removed-Chronicles-of-the-Emergency.html | access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
Born March 1, 1936 in [[Bihar]], Thakur started his career with the [[Patna]]-based daily newspaper, ''Searchlight'', in December 1959.<ref name="b749">{{cite web | title=JANARDAN THAKUR DEAD | website=Telegraph India | date=12 July 1999 | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/janardan-thakur-dead/cid/917872 | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> Later, he remained a Jefferson Fellow at the [[East–West Center]], Hawaii in 1971. <ref name="z014">{{cite web | title=JEFFERSON FELLOWS, 1967 - 2018 | url=https://www.eastwestcenter.org/sites/default/files/filemanager/Professional_Development/Seminars/Jefferson%20Fellowships/JEFFS%20MASTER%20LIST%20-%20by%20country%2C%209.25.18.pdf|website= East–West Center | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> He joined the [[Ananda Bazar Patrika]] group in 1976, and subsequently in the 1980s, he started freelancing and went on to become a syndicated columnist.<ref name="b749"/> He remained political journalist with the magazine, ''[[The Illustrated Weekly Of India]]'' and ''[[The Asian Age]]''.<ref name="z727">{{cite web | last=Sharma | first=Sanjukta | title=The Prime Minister’s Men: Indira Gandhi’s inner circle | website=Mint lounge | date=12 January 2019 | url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/the-prime-minister-s-men-indira-gandhi-s-inner-circle-111642591093894.html | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> In 1990s, he moved to Mumbai and became the editor of newspaper, ''The Free Press Journal''. <ref name="b749"/><ref name="z727"/>

He also authored books like ''All the Prime Minister's Men after the Emergency''; ''All the Janata Men; V.P. Singh: A Quest for Power'', ''PMs: Nehru to Vajpayee'' and ''Faces: Forty in the Fray''.

==Personal life==
On July 12, 1999, at the age of 64, he died of a heart attack in Mumbai (then Bombay).<ref name="e303">{{cite web | title=Janardan Thakur dead | website=[[Rediff.com]] | date=12 July 1999 | url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/12jana.htm | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="b749"/> He was survived by his wife, Purnima, daughters Chitra, Pooja and Richa, and son [[Sankarshan Thakur]], national editor of the newspaper, ''[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]''.<ref name="e303"/><ref name="s653">{{cite web | author=The Weekend Leader | title=‘I have been very fortunate with my editors | website=The Weekend Leader | url=https://www.theweekendleader.com/Success/1105/scribes-story.html | access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

==Books==
* ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.103040/page/n3/mode/2up All The Prime Minister’s Men ]''. Vikas Publishing. 1977. ISBN 9780706905663.
* ''[https://archive.org/details/alljanatamen0000thak All the Janata Men]''. Vikas Publishing. 1978. ISBN 9780706906448.
* ''Indira Gandhi and Her Power Game''. Vikas Publishing. 1979. ISBN 9780706909852

* ''V.P. Singh: The Quest for Power''. Warbler Books. 1989.
* ''Prime Ministers: Nehru to Vajpayee'' (with [[Dom Moraes]]). Eshwar. 1999. ISBN 9788186982723.
* ''Faces: Forty in the Fray''. 1999. Business Publications Incorporated. ISBN 9788176930185.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://gfilesindia.com/emergency-years/ Book Excerpt: ''Prime Ministers: Nehru to Vajpayee'' by Janardan Thakur]
* [https://m.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/10arun.htm His Last Column, 1999]

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