Chandrika

Chandrika

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Kerala Muslim Printing and Publishing Co Ltd
Founded	1934, Thalassery
Headquarters	Kozhikode
Official website	[1]

This article is about a Malayalam newspaper. For the soap brand, see Chandrika (soap).

Chandrika is a Malayalam newspaper run by the Indian Union Muslim League, Kerala. It is published from Kozhikode and was the first attempt to have a newspaper from Malabar Muslims to support the political party. It was established in the 1930s at Thalassery and it has celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in January 2011. Chandrika started publishing from Kozhikode during 1938-1939.

Chandrika is published from Kozhikode. Former Kerala Chief Minister Mr. C.H. Mohammed Koya had put in a lot of effort to modernize the newspaper to the one which we see today. Chandrika is now publishing from Kozhikode, Kochi, Kannur, Malappuram, Trivandrum & Middle East (Dubai, Bahrain, & Qatar). Editions will be launched from Riyadh and Jeddah soon.

Chandrika is a group of publications. Chandrika weekly, Mahila chandrika, sports chandrika and arogya chandrika are published by the group.

Definition

Chandrika (in Sanskrit) means blissful moonlight.