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Malayalam Typewriter was introduced by :

AK.N. Panicker

BKerala Government

CR. Arulappan

DN.S. Pandala

Answer:

D. N.S. Pandala

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N Sankaran Pandala

  • In 1923, the then government of Travancore received an application from a shorthand instructor of the School of Commerce, Alleppey (Alappuzha).
  • The applicant was N Sankaran Pandala (NS Pandalai / NS Pandalay in official records), who later became known for inventing the Malayalam typewriter keys.
  • His request was for a loan of Rs 700 for perfecting a Malayalam the typewriting machine invented by him. 
  • Pandala on his own has started the mission to make an experimental model of a Malayalam typewriting machine.
  • Though the government didn't have any orders to make a Malayalam typewriter, it decided to help him in his attempt by granting financial assistance and then by proving some facilities including the supply of a typewriting machine.
  •  It took five years for Pandala to give the finishing touches to his innovation.
  • The model Malayalam typewriter he produced in February 1928 was by fitting up a keyboard designed by him on a Royal Typewriter machine.

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