Manikonda Chalapathi Rau

M. Chalapathi Rau
Born	Manikonda Chalapathi Rau 1910 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Died	25 March 1983
Other names	M.C., Magnus
Occupation	Journalist, Editor
Known for	Nehruvian thought

Manikonda Chalapathi Rau (MC) (1910-1983) was an eminent Indian journalist and an authority on the Nehruvian thought. Rau was the reputed editor of the English daily National Herald of Lucknow for over thirty years (from 1946 onwards). The National Herald was founded by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1938. He has also authored several books on the Indian journalism, politics and personalities. He is known to his friends in the press circles as "M. C." and Magnus.^[1] During the independence struggle he was part of the underground press movement.

He was the first president of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists (in 1950) and continued to be so till 1955. He was the leader of the Indian Press Delegation, which accompanied Nehru on his historic 1955 tour of the USSR, Poland and Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Indian government's goodwill mission to China in 1952.

Apart from being a member of the UNESCO Press Experts Committee, he has also worked on various UNESCO Commissions. He has been India's representative to the United Nations General Assembly (1958). He was also a member of the Initiating Committee of the International Press Institute.

He died suddenly on 25 March 1983.^[2]

Bibliography

• Chalapathi Rau, M. Fragments of a revolution; essays on Indian problems. Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press [1965] [1st ed.]
• Chalapathi Rau, M. Gandhi and Nehru. Bombay, New York, Allied Publishers [1967]
• Govind Ballabh Pant, his life and times / M. Chalapathi Rau. New Delhi : Allied, 1981.
• India : portrait of a people / produced by India Tourism Development Corporation; commentary by M. Chalapathi Rau ; design and picture editing by Zehra Tyabji and T. S. Nagarajan. New Delhi : Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, c1976.
• Jawaharlal Nehru [by] M. Chalapathi Rau. [New Delhi] Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India [1973]
• Journalism and politics / M. Chalapathi Rau. New Delhi : Vikas, c1984.
• Magnus & muses : "off the record" musings of 'MC' (M. Chalapathi Rau) / compiled and edited by Harindra Srivastava. Gurgaon : Academic Press, 1980.
• The press / M. Chalapathi Rau. New Delhi : National Book Trust, India, 1974.
• The press in India [by] M. Chalapathi Rau. Bombay, New York, Allied Publishers [1968]
• Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru. [Advisory board: M. Chalapathi N. Y. Sharada Prasad, and B. R. Nanda;general editor: S. Gopal. New Delhi, Orient Longman [1972-
• Twenty-five years of Indian independence. Edited by Jag Mohan. Contributors: M. Chalapathi Rau [and others], Delhi, Vikas Pub. House [1973]

References

1. ^ Delhi's own muse and more in The Hindu, 2002.
2. ^ Chalapathi Rao, Manikonda, Luminaries of 20th century, part 1, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pages: 178-9.

External links

• Signed message by Nehru about the National Herald and Chalapathi Rau
• About MC by Indian National Leaders
• Chalapati Rau among top Indian editors
• Chalapati Rau as unofficial media advisor of Nehru
• An article by Derek Ingram titled "The Commonwealth and the media" in The Round Table Journal Volume 93, Number 376 / September, 2004, pp.561-569, mentions Chalapati Rau as one of the top journalists in Pre-Independent India.