Malayala Manorama

Malayala Manorama

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Malayala Manorama Group
Editor-in-chief	Mammen Mathew
Founded	1888
Political alignment	Right-Wing, Pro-Congress
Language	Malayalam
Headquarters	Kottayam
Circulation	19,03,000 daily
Official website	manoramaonline.com

Malayala Manorama (Malayalam: മലയാള മനോരമ) is a daily news paper, in Malayalam language, published in the state of Kerala, India. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 16 million (with a circulation base of over 1.8 million copies)^{[citation needed]}. The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer". The Week (India), an Indian weekly is also brought out by the Manorama Group. Manorama Yearbook is another popular yearly publication by the Kottayam- Kozhikode based Manorama Group. It has 32 publications all over India in five languages (English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali). People from all sections of the society in Kerala are related with Malayala Manorama in a huge volume, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, region, politics, etc.

History

The Malayala Manorama office at Pathanamthitta, Kerala

A joint stock publishing company, destined to acquire the status of the first joint stock publishing company of Republic of India, was incorporated by in 1888 by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai at Kottayam, then a small town in the Kingdom of Travancore, currently, a part of Kerala state, India. The first issue of Malayala Manorama was published on March 22,1890 from the press owned by Malankara Metropolitan Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II of the Indian Orthodox Church. The name Malayala Manorama was chosen by the poet, Raghavan Nambiar, Villuvarvattathu from Tiruvalla. Kerala Varma granted the symbol which is a part of the Travancore kingdom symbol. In a period of two years, from the date of incorporation until the publication commenced, the company witnessed several challenges. Presently, it also publishes several other publications, including the english news magazine The Week (the-week.com), the women's mag Vanitha (in Malayalam and Hindi), an information oriented monthly called 'Tell Me Why', a children's magazine Balarama and the men's lifestyle magazine The Man (www.theman.in). The group has also diversified into TV (Manorama News), radio (Radio Mango), internet (manoramaonline.com)and programming (Manorama Vision).

Printing centres (known as Editions)

In Kerala

• Kottayam
• Kozhikode
• Thiruvananthapuram
• Kochi
• Thrissur
• Kannur
• Kollam
• Palakkad
• Malappuram
• Pathanamthitta

In Rest of India

• Mangaluru
• Bengaluru
• Chennai
• Mumbai
• Delhi

In United Arab Emirates

• Dubai

In Bahrain

• Bahrain

Timeline

• 1888 Malayala Manorama founded
• 1890 First issue of Malayala Manorama was published on 14 March
• 1892 Publication of Bhashaposhini commenced
• 1901 Malayala Manorama becomes bi-weekly
• 1904 Kandathil Varghese Mappillai, the key figure passes away on 6 July
• 1915 Malayala Manorama commences publication of daily World War I supplements
• 1918 Malayala Manorama becomes triweekly on 2 July
• 1928 Malayala Manorama becomes a daily from 2 July
• 1929 On 29 May, Akhila Kerala Balajana Sakhyam formed
• 1930 Malayala Manorama’s first Annual Number appears
• 1937 Commencement of Malayalam Manorama Weekly from 8 August
• 1938 Travancore state proscribes Malayala Manorama on 10 September
  • An issue appears on 14 September from the state of Cochin- from the Kunnamkulam press of the Orthodox church.
• 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 29 November, Malayala Manorama re-commences regular publication
• 1950 Installation of the first rotary press
• 2007 Becomes the only regional language daily in India to cross 15 lakh copies.

See also

• Mrs. K.M. Mathew
• Radio Mango
• Manorama News
• Palathulli (water conservation campaign)
• List of newspapers in India by circulation
• List of newspapers in the world by circulation

References

External links

• "Newspapers are not a sunset industry in India," says Jacob Mathew of Malayala Manorama
• Malayala Manorama opts for four Dotline CTP platesetters
• History of Malayala Manorama
• Malayala Manorama Online English Edition
• Malayala Manorama Online Malayalam Edition
• Malayala Manorama Overseas Subscription
• Manorama epaper (Registration required)
• Stamp Released By Indian Government On Malayala Manorama