Exam 7: Historical Milestones in Journalism and Publishing in Kerala, India

Dr. Herman Gundert was a German missionary who came to Kerala in…………… in order to spread the teachings of Christ.

The Vivekodayam was the official organ of the SNDP and was edited by…………………...

Saraswathi from …………..under the able editorship of Moorkoth Kumaran began publication in 1897.

K.Ramakrishna Pillai was the editor of the Swadeshabhimani published from………………..

………………….was re-launched on November 14, 2006 by Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram.

…………………. is the official mouthpiece of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

……………..is the official mouthpiece of Communist Party of India (CPI).

The Vivekodayam was revived in 1967 as a magazine and published from……………...

The Atmavidyakahalam edited by ………………..from Kozhikode in the late thirties was yet another weekly noted for its sharp attacks against superstitions and conventions.

……………..studied philosophy and completed his Ph.D. from a Swiss University.

Gundert came to Thalassery as a Protestant missionary in1839 where he stayed till……………..

Janayugam was first launched from ……………in1947 under the editorship of N. Gopinathan Nair.

The Nair Service Society floated a magazine entitled ……………in 1920.

Janmabhumi was earlier a magazine run by Nawab Rajendran from……………..

The Commission on freedom of the press (1942-1947), known as the ………………… Commission.

The name of the newspaper that Gandhi brought out in South Africa was

……………….was the editor of the Swadeshabhimani published from Thiruvananthapuram.

In January 1881, under the ownership of Devji, a newspaper named Kerala Mithram was started in……………..

In which newspaper did Gandhi write: "I have taken up journalism not for its sake, but merely as an aid to what I have conceived to be my mission in life".

The Indian Languages Newspapers Association (ILNA) was formed on June 14, ………………, on the eve of the introduction of control on newsprint during the Second World War.