''Deshabhimani'' is a

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and the organ of the Kerala State Committee of the

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. It started as a weekly in

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on 6 September 1942 and converted to a daily in 1946. The paper now has ten different printing centres:

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and

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. At present, Puthalath Dinesan Central Committee and State Secretariat Member of the CPI(M) is the Chief Editor of the paper, K.J. Thomas, CPI(M), secretariat member of the CPI(M), the General Manager and Ex MLA M. Swaraj is the Resident Editor. ''Deshabhimani'' is the third-largest Malayalam language newspaper by circulation. As of

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of 2019, it was also in the third position in terms of readership in Kerala, after ''

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'' and ''

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''. The news website is published under a public open license

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History

''Deshabhimani'' has a predecessor, ''

Prabhatham ''Prabhatham'' was a Malayalam-language weekly newspaper published from Shoranur in Malabar, British India. Founded in 1935 and edited by E. M. S. Namboodiripad, it was the organ of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) in Malabar, Travancore and C ...

'' (which means 'Dawn'). It was started in 1935 and was the manifesto of the socialist group in the

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. It was in 1942, through the efforts of eminent leaders like A. K. Gopalan and

E. M. S. Namboodiripad Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly known as E.M.S. Namboodiripad or simply by his initials E. M. S., was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of ...

(who in fact donated all of his ancestral property for raising funds for the paper) Deshabhimani started and became the voice of the CPI and later became the voice of

, after the split from CPI in 1964. Various personalities like

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K. P. R. Gopalan Kunnathu Puthiyaveettil Ramapurathu Gopalan (1 June 1906 – 5 August 1997), popularly known as KPR was an Indian politician and a communist leader from Kalliasseri, Kerala. Once a member of the Kerala State Assembly, he lost his seat in the g ...

, E. K. Nayanar and V. S. Achuthanandan, have served as the chief editor of ''Deshabhimani''. Many notable journalists of South India work with ''Deshabhimani''. Journalists who have worked with ''Deshabhimani'' include P Govinda Pillai,

Ezhacherry Ramachandran Ezhacherry Ramachandran (born 1944) is a Malayalam poet, lyricist and journalist. He has penned lyrics for several Malayalam movies and albums. In 2020, he won the Vayalar Award. Personal life Ramachandran was born at Ezhacherry near Pala, Ke ...

Prabha Varma Prabha Varma (born 30 May 1959) is a poet, lyricist, journalist and television presenter known for his works in Malayalam cinema. He has published ten collections of poems, three novels in verse, six books on the contemporary socio-political mil ...

, K. Mohanan, C.M. Abdul Rehman, Narikutti Mohanan, P.M. Manoj and B. Aburaj.

Supplements

* Deshabhimani Varanthappathippu * Aksharamuttam * Sthree * Kilivaathil * Thozhil

Publications

* Deshabhimani Varika (Weekly) * Thathamma (Children's Publication)

References

External links

''Deshabhimani'' online edition
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