Career Prior To Newspapers
He joined the business of his maternal uncles, Babu Prahlad Rai Dalmia and Babu Sagarmal Dalmia, in Calcutta and was sent to the firm of Sukhdevdoss Ramprasad, the largest Indian business dealing in yarn and piece goods. In 1922, he moved to Madras as the agent for Sukhdevdoss Ramprasad.
Subsequently, in 1925, Goenka entered into a business partnership with Murliprasad Mohanprasad of Hyderabad, India. Their business was as piecegoods merchants in Madras and it continued until around 1932-1933. In 1926, Goenka was also nominated as member of the Madras Legislative Council by the Governor.
Goenka joined the Bombay Co. Ltd. as chief salesman, a post he held till the end of 1936. A keen racing enthusiast in his younger days, he gave up the pastime in 1935-36 and took to journalism in earnest.
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