Ramnath Goenka was born on April 3, 1904 in Darbhanga district of Bihar.He belonged to a Marwari business family. After completing his primary education at Varanasi he moved to Chennai to learn techniques of business. He was nominated as the member of Madras Legislative council by the British government .In 1932 Ramnath Goenka brought the loss-making Madras edition of The Free Press Journal and started publishing it successfully. He started The Indian Express in 1936. Ramnath Goenka was elected as the President of National Newspaper Editors` Conference.He published several revolutioary articles in The Indian Express. In 1948 he published an English daily named Indian News Chronicle along with his friend Lala Deshbandhu Gupta. Ramnath Goenka merged Indian News Chronicle with The Indian Express after the death of Lala Deshbandhu Gupta. Ramnath Goenka was appointed as the member of the Constituent Assembly of India.During emergency he raised his voice against Indira Gandhi.He fell out with buisnessman Dhirubhai Ambani.He was against the congress tiil his death. Ramnath Goenka was close to Janata party and helped the party in drafting election strategy. He passed away on October 5, 1991 Ramnath Goenka died in Mumbai after prolonged illness. BG Verghese,thhe famous journalist wrote his biography Warrior of the Fourth Estate which was published by Penguin.