Malayala Manorama
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Founded | 1888 |
| Headquarters | Kottayam |
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Malayala Manorama (Malayalam: മലയാള മനോരമ) is a popular Malayalam daily newspaper in Kerala, India. This is India's largest circulated "regional newspaper". The Manorama group, which manages the newspaper, also runs the Manorama Yearbook, a circulated yearbook in the region. The newspaper, which first appeared on 14 March 1890, as a weekly, currently has a readership of over 8.8 million, with a circulation base of over 1.5 million copies. It is Kerala's largest selling and most widely read newspaper and has the largest readership among Malayalam dailies.
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[edit] History
A joint stock publishing company, destined to acquire the status of the first joint stock publishing company of the Republic of India, was incorporated in 1888 by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai at Kottayam, then a small town in the kingdom of Travancore, currently, a part of the state of Kerala, India. The first issue of Malayala Manorama was published on 22nd March 1890. The name Malayala Manorama was chosen by the poet Kerala Varma. In a period of two years, from the date of incorporation till the publication commenced, the company witnessed several challenges.The undertaking had pumped money in to the state at a time when money lending and upper class living were privileges of only elite Hindus or royalty. This sudden change in the economy and reform in banking promoted by a minority community (considering the population of Syrian Christians in Kerala) earned the wrath of the ruling Travancore regime. Once the paper was closed down owing to this and a bank owned by the Manorama group was locked out. The Manorama group has recently ventured into broadcasting.
[edit] Timeline
- 1888 Malayala Manorama founded
- 1890 First issue of Malayala Manorama was published on 14th March
- 1892 Publication of Bhashaposhini commenced
- 1901 Malayala Manorama becomes bi-weekly
- 1904 Kandathil Varghese Mappillai, the key figure passes away on 6th July
- 1915 Malayala Manorama commences publication of daily World War I supplements
- 1918 Malayala Manorama becomes triweekly on 2nd July
- 1928 Malayala Manorama becomes a daily from 2nd July
- 1929 On 29th May, Akhila Kerala Balajana Sakhyam formed
- 1930 Malayala Manorama’s first Annual Number appears
- 1937 Commencement of Malayala Manorama Weekly from 8th August
- 1938 Travancore state proscribes Malayala Manorama on 10th September
- An issue appears on 14th September from the state of Cochin
- 1939 K. C. Mammen Mappillai was convicted and imprisoned on trumpeted charges of corruption and fraud
- 1941 Mammen Mappilla released after being absolved of all false cases
- 1947 From 29th November, Malayala Manorama re-commences regular publication
- 1950 Installation of the first rotary press
- 2002 Manorama Online launched on June 20
- 2007 Becomes the only regional language daily in India to cross 15 lakh copies.
[edit] Journalists
Prominent journalists who have worked with the Manorama daily or other Manorama publications include Vaikkom Chandrasekharan Nair, E.V. Krishna Pillai, E.V.Sreedharan, T.V.R. Shenoy, K.Gopalakrishnan, Babu Chengannoor, K.R. Chummar, Moorkoth Kunjappa, K.M.Tharakan, T.K.G. Nair, VKB (V.K. Bhargavan Nair)
[edit] Other publications
The Malayalam Manorama group of publication has a long list of best selling magazines and reference books, including the following:
- The Week (English news weekly)
- Bhashaposhini (Malayalam literary review monthly)
- Karshakashree (Agricultural news monthly)
- Manorama Weekly (Malayalam weekly)
- Manorama Varshikapathippu (Annual)
- Vijayaveedhi (For grade 10 students)
- Vanitha (Women's bi-weekly magazine - Malayalam, Hindi)
- Kalikkudukka (Pre-primary school publication in Malayalam)
- Magic Pot (English weekly for pre-primary students)
- Balarama (Children's weekly)
- Balarama Digest (Children's information magazine - weekly)
- Amarchitrakatha (Children's weekly consists of picture stories)(Amar Chitra Katha is from the publishing house India Book House)
- Thozhilveedhi (A weekly for job seekers)
- Knowledge Adventure CDROM (General Knowledge CD ROM)
- Ente Malayalam - Multimedia CD ROM (to promote Malayalam)
- Hindi Year Book
- English Year Book
- Tamil Year Book
- Malayalam Year Book
- Bengali Year Book
- Aarogyam (Health magazine)
- Sampadyam (Business magazine)
- Sreeman (Men's magazine-annual)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- History of Malayala Manorama
- Malayala Manorama Online English Edition
- Malayala Manorama Online Malayalam Edition
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