The Indian Express is an Indian newspaper owned by Ramnath Goenka started in 1931 by
Indian Express Newspaper
Chennai based Veradharajulu Naidu. After Ramnath Goenka’s death in 1991, the group was split in 1999 among his family members into two with the southern editions taking. The Indian Express is owned by the Indian Express Group with Viveck Goenka as the Chairman and Managing Director. In 1933 The Indian Express opened its second office in Madurai and launched the Tamil edition Dinamani. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price, but was later forced to sell part of the stake in form of convertible debentures to Ramanath Goenka due to financial difficulties.
Finally a year later Goenka to buy the rest of the 26% stake from Sadanand, and the paper came under Goenka’s control who took the already anti-establishment tone of the paper to greater heights. The Express Group has a Mumbai-headquartered division, which should not be confused with Express Publications Madurai, which brings out a South Indian chain of newspapers, including. The New Indian Express and is very much a separate corporate entity from The Express Group.