dehradun veteran journalist and author raj kanwar regarded as a prolific chronicler of the doon valley for the past seven decades died at the age of 92 in dehradun early on monday according to his elder son manav the veteran writer suffered a heart attack and had been hospitalised since sunday morning kanwar who had been living in dehradun since 1947 and seen the doon valley evolve over the years was considered an expert on the town and regularly highlighted doons past and present through his writings in his latest book dateline dehradun kanwar had profiled several prominent personalities of the doon valley through accounts that were loaded with trivia and anecdotes among the many hats that he donned were those of an editor having launched a newsweekly witness in the 1960s as well as that of a communication specialist having served as the first public relations officer of the doonbased oil natural gas corporation ongc he later wrote a book on the psu titled ongc the untold story he was also a successful entrepreneur having set up a marketing company sk oilfield with its headquarters in mumbai tributes poured in from across the state on the veteran authors demise chief minister puskhar singh dhami said i am deeply saddened by the demise of raj kanwarji it is an irreparable loss for the field of journalism in his tribute aloke lal former director general of police dgp said the last occasion when we met was on his birthday on october 8 in a long and distinguished career he created a large number of gems of literature and his innumerable columns were a delight to read we will miss all this in her tribute neelu khanna of aasraa trust said mr kanwar was empathetic and caring compassionate and kind brig kg behl retd president of doon citizens council remembering kanwar said he was a versatile person who kept on guiding us on practically all matters especially doon citizens council where he was the founder president a gem of a person to talk to and seek advice a prolific writer and journalist he will always be remembered