death_date birth_place other_names name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name occupation
25 march 1983 coastal andhra , madras presidency , british india m.c. , magnus m. chalapathi rau 1910 nehruvian thought manikonda chalapathi rau
 manikonda chalapathi rau journalist , editor
manikonda chalapathi rau

manikonda chalapathi rau -lrb- also known as mc and magnus -rrb- -lrb- 1910 - 25 march 1983 -rrb- was an indian journalist and an authority on the nehruvian thought .
rau was editor of the english-language daily national herald of lucknow for over thirty years from 1946 .
the national herald was founded by jawaharlal nehru in 1938 .
he wrote several books on indian journalism , politics and personalities .
during the independence struggle he was part of the underground press movement .
he was the first president of the indian federation of working journalists -lrb- in 1950 -rrb- 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 .
he was a member of the unesco press experts committee and also worked on various unesco commissions .
he was india 's representative to the united nations general assembly -lrb- 1958 -rrb- .
he was also a member of the initiating committee of the international press institute .
he died on 25 march 1983 .
