15. Santosh Nirash (Press Media)


Santosh Nirash was born in Pind Dadan Khan (currently in Pakistan) in 1928. She moved to Sikkim in 1959 as the headmistress of West Point School. Santosh Nirash started Broader News and Views in 1976—Sikkim’s first English monthly magazine.

Santosh Nirash lamented the shortage of Hindi newspapers in Sikkim and thus, started Zamana Sadabahar in 1987 and worked as a journalist till her last breath in 2020.

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