Exam 5: Milestones in the History of Malayalam Journalism

The Deenabandu commenced publication as a weekly in 1941 from…………………...

The …………………made a triumphant entry into Malayalam journalism in 1929, featuring in its columns API and Reuter despatches and news pictures fed by foreign photo agencies.

Mathrubhoomi started issuing on March 18, 1923, thrice a week, with ………………………..as its editor.

The………………… weekly was edited by V.R.Krishnan Ezhuthachan.

The moving spirit of the Vaikom satyagraha was Shri……………….., himself a redoubtable journalist.

Malayalarajyam was published from……………...

The Swarad started publication from………………...

It is said that the notorious Travancore Newspaper Regulations of ……………….. were an offshoot of Balakrishna Pillai's incisive criticisms.

This was best illustrated by the starting of the nationalist newspaper, the Mathrubhoomi, from Kozhikode in…………….

It was the course of the non-cooperation and Khilafat movements that Kerala witnessed what was probably the most tragic episode in its freedom struggle, namely the Mappila Rebellion or, has been increasingly called, the Malabar Rebellion of…………..

………………..joined the paper Samadarshi in 1923 as editor.

After a splendid innings spread over 21 years the Deenabandu finally succumbed to financial difficulties and ceased publication in……………...

A.Balakrishana Pillai, who had earlier been eased out of editorial responsibility of the Samadarshi, had in the meanwhile launched a new periodical entitled………………….

The Prabhatham started publication from ……………….with E.M.S. Namboodiripad as its editor.

At the peak of the civil disobedience movement, in April 1930, the …………………started issuing as a daily.

The Yuvabharatham started publication from…………..

Swarad editor …………….led the deputation to the Dewan who, it must be conceded, gave them a patient hearing.

June 26, ………………., the day the new newspaper regulations took effect, was observed as a day of mourning by the people of Thiruvananthapuram.

The Kerala Kesari started publication from……………..

The Lokamanyan started publication from………………..