Ratan Lal Joshi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian independence activist, journalist, writer
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Place of Birth: Churu, Rajasthan, India
About Ratan Lal Joshi
- Ratan Lal Joshi was an Indian independence activist, journalist, writer .
- Born on 28 June 1922 at Churu, a desert city in the Indian state of Rajastan, he was involved with the Indian freedom struggle from the age of 18 and suffered incarceration during the Quit India movement.
- Choosing journalism as a career, he joined Harijan weekly founded by Mahatma Gandhi and trained under the then chief editor, Kishorelal Bhai Mashrulawa.
- Later, he worked at several publishing houses and edited journals such as Bhai-Bahin, Samaj Sewak, Veer Bhoomi, Rajasthan, Rajasthan Samaj, and Kul Lakshmi.
- Lal kile main, Krantikari Prer ne Ke Srot and Mrityunjayee are three books published by him.After the Indian independence, Joshi was associated with several organizations.
- He was the founder president of Shaheed Smarak Eavam Swadhinata Sangram Shodh Sansthan, a Jaipur-based organization, Secretary of the All-India Freedom Fighters' Organisation and a member of the presidium of the Rajasthan Freedom Fighters’ Organisation.
- During early 1970s he was a close advisor of Indira Gandhi. .
- He died on 19 September 2006, at Mumbai, at the age of 84.
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