Exam 2: The History of Newspaper Launches in Kerala

Kerala Kaumudi was converted into a full-fledged daily in…………..

In fact, in……………, Ayyappan launched a publication, the Velakkaran, modeled along the British Daily Worker and devoted in the main to the labour movement.

The appearance of the …………….from Tellicherry in 1907 marks the next important milestone in the history of the press in Kerala.

Kandathil Varghese Mappilai and others joined hands to launch the Bhashaposhini in …….. as the official organ of the Bhashaposhini Sabha.

……………..was the author of a biography on Karl Marx, the first one to appear in any Indian language.

The Swadeshabhimani died in exile at ……………..in 1928.

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

Kerala Kaumudi paper initially started publication from……………. Later, it was shifted to Kollam and then to Thiruvananthapuram.

The Malayala manorama started publication from Kottayam in…………., initially as a weekly.

The appearance of the Mitavadi from ………………in 1907 marks the next important milestone in the history of the press in Kerala.

In the wake of the political movement swept Travancore with the fury of a hurricane; the authorities were perturbed at the growing influence of the Malayalamanorama. In a dramatic move the Government confiscated the paper in September……………...

The origins of the Kerala Kaumudi, one among the leading newspapers of present day Kerala, can be traced back to……………..

A royal proclamation was issued on September 26, 1910, deporting Ramakrishna Pillai from …………….and confiscating his press and paper- a martyrdom for a righteous journalist in the service of his countrymen.

In 1913, C.K.Krishnan acquired ownership of the paper Mitavadi and started publishing it as a magazine from…………...

Kerala Kaumudi's founder ……………….was a multi-faceted personality-a poet, a brilliant prose writer, historian, journalist, and politician, all combined together.

The Swadeshabhimani was started in …………… from a suburb of the State's capital, Thiruvananthapuram .

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

The Sujananandini started in 1892 from…………….

The second oldest newspaper in Malayalm-the Deepika-was launched from Kottayam in ………….. under the banner Nasrani Deepika.

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