Deshabhimani

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title: "Deshabhimani" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1942-establishments-in-india", "communist-newspapers", "communist-party-of-india-(marxist)", "communist-periodicals-published-in-india", "malayalam-language-newspapers", "newspapers-established-in-1942", "weekly-newspapers-published-in-india", "newspapers-published-in-kerala"] description: "Indian newspaper" topic_path: "geography/india" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshabhimani" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Deshabhimani
logo	Deshabhimani-logo.png
logo_size	150px
image	DeshabhimaniCover.jpg
image_size	240px
type	Daily newspaper
founded	1942
owners	Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
chief_editor	Puthalath Dinesan
general_manager	K. J. Thomas
language	Malayalam
political_position	Left
circulation	622,276
circulation_date	2022
headquarters	Trivandrum, Kerala
website
free
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| name = Deshabhimani | logo = Deshabhimani-logo.png | logo_size = 150px | image = DeshabhimaniCover.jpg | image_size = 240px | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = | founded = 1942 | ceased_publication = | price = | owners = Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | publisher = | chief_editor = Puthalath Dinesan | general_manager = K. J. Thomas | associate_editor = | staff_writers = | language = Malayalam | political_position = Left | circulation = 622,276 | circulation_date = 2022 | headquarters = Trivandrum, Kerala | oclc = | ISSN = | website = | free = Deshabhimani is a Malayalam newspaper and the organ of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M). It started as a weekly in Kozhikode on 6 September 1942 and converted to a daily in 1946. The paper is now published from ten different centres: Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam and Malappuram. 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 the Resident Editor.

Deshabhimani is the third-largest Malayalam language newspaper by circulation.

The news website is published under a public open license CC-BY 4.0.

History

Deshabhimani has a predecessor, Prabhatham (which means 'Dawn'). It was started in 1935 and was the manifesto of the socialist group in the Indian National Congress. It was in 1942, through the efforts of eminent leaders like A. K. Gopalan and E. M. S. Namboodiripad (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 CPI(M), after the split from CPI in 1964. Various personalities like E. M. S. Namboodiripad, V. T. Induchoodan, K. P. R. Gopalan, 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, Prabha Varma, 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

References

1. "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)". [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India).
2. P. Karunakaran. (8 September 2002). "Struggle, Survival And Surging Ahead". People's Democracy.
3. Sangeeta Tanwar. (10 May 2010). "IRS 2010 Q1: Dailies in Kerala lose readers after gaining in the last round". afaqs.com.
4. "Terms of Use".

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