മുസ്ലിം

വാർത്ത

ഹൈദരബാദിലെ അത്യാപത്ത്

പത്രാധിപരുടെ ചവറ്റുകൊട്ട

Rama Varma Maharaja

Oil painting of Sir Bala Rama Varma (1857-1924), Maharaja of Travancore

A hand written note Of Kumaran Asan

This picture is from the Thonnakkal Museum

The Trivandrum Museum In 1900

Picture taken by Zacharias D'Cruz

Travancore Christ Church

Picture taken by Zacharias D'Cruz. Source : British Library, Trivandrum

Sree Narayan Guru With Kumaranasan

English Translations

June 03, 1910

What Mr C. Sankaran Nair said about Social Reform

Some views expressed by Mr C. Sankaran Nair while presiding over the 12th anniversary of the Madras...

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August 10, 1910

From the Reporter's Notebook

A piece in the series of articles about the turmoil in Turkey being published in the Maratha Gazette...

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March 28, 1910

The unprincipled Nairs

“If you have to eat where you have not eaten before, you have to take a new route to reach there...

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March 28, 1910

Malaysia

                            &n...

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May 09, 1906

Travancore Education Department (Three)

(Sasthaav) The important duties assigned to the education secretary can be summed up as follows: to...

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About the Collection

The Svadesabhimani was a weekly Malayalam language newspaper founded by the noted writer and journalist Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi (1873-1932), who was the owner and publisher and its managing editor. This digital collection contains the original Malayalam and their English translations.

Throughout its existence, it was funded through the personal funds of Vakkom Moulavi, who imported a modern press from Britain. The newspaper began publication in Anjengo, a small village in the princely state of Travancore, on 19 January 1905. Chirayinkeezhu C.P Govinda Pillai was the first editor for one year, after which Sri. K. Ramakrishna Pillai became the editor. The newspaper ceased publication on 26 September 1910, when it was banned by a Royal Proclamation, the editor Ramakrishna Pillai was exiled and the press was confiscated.

The Svadesabhimani served to inform the public in Travancore, as well as in the Malayalam speaking regions, about local, national and international issues. It stood apart from other Malayalam newspapers of the time in exposing corruption in the government, analysing and critiquing government policies, discussing important issues of social and religious reform and bringing news of the national anti-colonial movement and international developments. It is considered a trailblazer in Malayalam journalism, contributing to the development of a new political consciousness in the state.

September news from Svadesabhimani

September 23, 1908

Svadesabhimani

മിസ്റ്റർ ടിലക്കിന്‍റെ മേലുള്ള ശിക്ഷ ചുരുക്കി

മിസ്റ്റർ ടിലക്കിനെ ആറുകൊല്ലം നാടു കടത്തുന്നതിനു ബംബാഹൈക്കോടതിയില്‍ നിന്നു നിശ്ചയിച്ചിരുന്ന വിധിയെ, ഗ...

September 10, 1909

Svadesabhimani

വാർത്ത

തിരുവനന്തപുരം ഹജൂരാഫീസിലെ ജീവനക്കാരുടെയിടയില്‍ അസന്തുഷ്ടിഹേതുകമായ ചില കുത്സിതനയങ്ങള്‍ ചില മേലാവുകള്...

September 19, 1908

Svadesabhimani

മറ്റുവാർത്തകൾ

അക്ടോബര്‍ 1നു- മുതല്‍ വര്‍ത്തമാനപത്രങ്ങള്‍ക്കു 8 രൂപ തൂക്കംവരെ കാലണയും, 40 രൂപതൂക്കംവരെ അരയണയും വില...

September 05, 1910

Svadesabhimani

രാജധാനിവാർത്ത

തിരുവനന്തപുരം. കോട്ടയം ജില്ലാക്കോടതിയില്‍ ഒരു...

September 23, 1908

Svadesabhimani

ദേശവാർത്ത

ചാല ലഹളക്കേസ്സ് വിചാരണ, മിനിഞ്ഞാന്നു ഇവിടത്തെ സെഷന്‍സ് കോടതിയില്‍ ആരംഭിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ഉത്സവമഠം മജി...