Kerala_Janatha

Kerala Janatha

Kerala Janatha

Malayalam language morning daily newspaper

Kerala Janatha was a Malayalam language morning daily newspaper published from Thiruvananthapuram, India.[1][2] The newspaper was published by Kerala Janatha Printers & Publishers (Pvt.), Ltd.[3] It was published daily, except Mondays.[4]

Pattom A. Thanu Pillai founded Kerala Janatha as a Praja Socialist Party organ in 1957.[3][5][6][7] As of 1957 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai served as chief editor and K. Krishna Pillai was the publisher.[8] In its heyday, it was one of the major newspapers in Kerala.[9] In its early period it claimed a circulation of 9,017.[4] As of the mid-1960s, K. Krishna Pillai was the managing editor of the newspaper.[9] Kerala Janatha carried 8 pages.[1] It measured 20 x 16 inches.[4]

By 1967 it claimed a circulation of 6,362, out of whom 5,917 would be subscribers.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    INFA Press and Advertisers Year Book. INFA Publications. 1967. p. 86.
  2. [2]
    Kerala (India) (1962). Kerala District Gazetteers: Trivandrum (supplement). Superintendent of Government Presses. p. 755.
  3. [3]
    Press in India. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. 1967. p. 171.
  4. [4]
    V. K. Narasimhan (1958). Advertisers' vade-mecum: a guide to Indian advertising. Our India Directories & Publications Private Ltd. p. 33.
  5. [5]
    Durga Das Pvt. Ltd (1985). Eminent Indians who was who, 1900-1980, also annual diary of events. Durga Das Pvt. Ltd. p. 247.
  6. [6]
    Dennis L. Wilcox (1967). English language newspapers abroad: a guide to daily newspapers in 56 non-English-speaking countries. Gale Research Co. p. 77.
  7. [7]
    Georges Kristoffel Lieten (1982). The First Communist Ministry in Kerala: 1957-9. K.P. Bagchi & Company. p. 139.
  8. [8]
    The Indian Civil Liberties Bulletin. 1957. p. V-182.
  9. [9]
    Nāḍiga Kr̥ṣṇamūrti (1966). Indian journalism: origin, growth and development of Indian journalism from Asoka to Nehru. University of Mysore. pp. 338–339.
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