Lala Mulk Raj Saraf (8 April 1894 - 21 February 1989) was an Indian journalist and writer,[1] with over seventy years of a distinguished career in journalism and social service.
It has played a crucial role in encouraging the growth of a healthy press by periodically venerating the veterans and decorating the youngsters for their distinctive achievements in the line.
[2] He started his career as a sub-editor at the nationalist daily Bande Mataram based in Punjab, worked there for a while, and returned to Jammu in 1924 to start J&K's first newspaper Ranbir, and Rattan, one of the most successful children's magazines of the pre-independence era with subscribers from India and what is now, Pakistan.
[2] Saraf wrote several articles and was the author of books such as Meri Pakistan Yatra, Insaniyat Abhi Zinda Hai and Nagooh-e-Ranvir.
[5] Saraf was the author of the first biography published in Dogri language, 'Sher-e-Duggar Lala Hans Raj Mahajan Jeevan Katha', who was born in hamirpur sidhar j&k, which was released in 1968.