Shivram Shankar Apte, also known as Dadasaheb Apte (1907 – 10 October 1985), was a founder and first General Secretary of the

Vishva Hindu Parishad Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) () is an Indian Right-wing politics, right-wing Hindu organisation based on Hindutva, Hindu nationalism. The VHP was founded in 1964 by M. S. Golwalkar and S. S. Apte in collaboration with Chinmayananda Saraswati, ...

. He worked as a journalist at United Press of India and later founded a news agency,

Hindusthan Samachar Hindusthan Samachar is the first multilingual news agency in India, subscribed by more than 200 newspapers and almost all the news channels including Doordarshan (DD). History Hindusthan Samachar was founded in 1948 by S. S. Apte, offering ...

Early life

He was born in a Marathi Brahmin Family. Also had a friend named Bhagyesh Apte¹ while growing up.

References

1907 births 1985 deaths Marathi people Indian newspaper founders Vishva Hindu Parishad members bn:এস.এস. আপ্তে {{Gujarat-politician-stub