Exam 7: Historical Timeline of Newspapers in Kerala

From 1926, Swarad became a daily and its headquarters was shifted from …………………..to Thiruvananthapuram.

On September 9, ………………, the Dewan banned Malayala Manorama and confiscated the press.

In………………., the name Nasrani Deepika was changed to Deepika and the place of publication was shifted from Mannanam to Kottayam.

Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company Limited was registered as a public limited company on February 15,…………...

Kerala Mitram, a weekly newspaper from…., began on January 1, 1881.

Kerala Patrika's founder-editor was…………………..

The first issue of Mathrubhumi went to the public on March 18,………...

…………., a Gujarathi settled in Kochi, was the promoter of Kerala Mitram.

Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyer, the Dewan of…………….., brutally suppressed the agitations.

………………, the present editor of Manorama assumed office after the death of his brother K.M. Cherian in 1973.

From January 26, …………Malayala Manorama became a daily newspaper.

In 1962, Mathrubhumi started a second edition in ………….and led the circulation figures in Kerala for a few years.

Lokamanyan was edited by K. Neelakanda Pillai and published by Poovathungal Sebastian from …………….from 1920.

………………who was the founder-editor of Mathrubhumi was sent to jail for his leadership role in Vaikom Sathyagraha.

Kerala Patrika was published as a weekly from …………….in 1884.

A Malayalam edition of the Western Star started publication from ………………..under the banner Paschimataraka.

Although the Malayala Manorama company was registered in 1888, the first issue rolled out of its press in Kottayam on March 22,…………...

The editor of….., Mamman Mappilai, passed away on December 31, 1953.

Based in…………….., Mathrubhumi was founded in 1922 as a public limited company in the aftermath of Gandhi's non-cooperation movement.

Mathrubhumi became a daily from April 6,…………...