Exam 1: The Evolution of Malayalam Journalism

The year 1886 stands out in the history of Malayalam journalism it saw the birth of the Malayali from………………….

The Tiruvathancore Abhimani began to publish ……………..

Devji Bhimji started a printing press at ……………in 1865 under the name of the Keralamitram Press.

The Kerala Sanchari later on merged with ………published from Tellicherry.

The Santishtavadi was outspoken in its criticism of the powers that be, and soon fell foul of the ……………….Government which ordered its closure.

…………….. himself claimed that the Keralapatrika was the first "newspaper" in Malayalam in the Malabar district.

Jnananikshepam,an eight-page magazine was printed at the C.M.S. Press operating from ……………….way back in 1821.

The idea of a weekly ……………..was conceived by Chengulathu Kunhirama Menon, possibly after attending a conference of the Indian National Association held at Calcutta in 1884.

Devji Bhimji tried his hand at running a Marathi magazine entitled Keralakokil from…………….

…………….migrated to Madras to launch the Madras Mail in later years.

In 1867 Santishtavadi paper was started from…………..

……………..was printed from the Vidyavilasom Press and had the active backing of a number of prominent personalities of the day.

An English weekly entitled the West Coast Spectator started publication in 1879 from……………...

The Keralamitram was fortunate in that it had as its first editor none other than Kandathil Varghese Mappilai who later founded the………………...

West Coast Spectator was edited by an Englishman,…………..

…………………..was associated with the periodical for some time in 1897 as Kerala Sanchari's editor.

The 'Travancore Herald', was printed in English from the C.M.S. Press…………………..

In 1926 a change in format was introduced and the ………………….joined the early ranks of 'illustrated weeklies'.

From 1900 ……………….was issued thrice a month. Four years later it was converted into a weekly.

The struggle for responsible government in Travancore had been launched and was gaining in tempo. At this critical stage the Malayali was shifted back to …………………to enable the paper to play a more positive and immediate role in the struggle.