Question

The first editor of the news paper swadesahabhimani :

• A. Ramakrishna Pillai
• B. C.P. Govinda Pillai
• C. Kandathil Varughese Mapila
• D. K. P. Kesava Menon

Answer 1

Answer:

B. C.P. Govinda Pillai

• C. P. Govinda Pillai (Chirayinkeezhu C. P. Govinda Pillai).

• Tenure: He served as the first editor of the newspaper for its initial year (from January 1905 until early 1906).

Swadeshabhimani Newspaper

• Founder / Owner: Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi (popularly known as the Father of Muslim Renaissance in Kerala).

• Year of Establishment: 1905 (January 19).

• First Published From: Anjuthengu (Anchuthengu), Thiruvananthapuram district.

• Shift to Trivandrum: The newspaper publication and its press were shifted to Thiruvananthapuram in 1907.

• First International Feature: Swadeshabhimani was the first Malayalam journal to subscribe to the Reuters news agency.

K. Ramakrishna Pillai.

• Became Editor In: 1906 (January).

• Pen Name: Keralan.

• Birthplace: Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram (His ancestral house name is Koodillaveedu).

• Banning and Exile: The newspaper was banned, its printing press was confiscated, and Ramakrishna Pillai was exiled from Travancore on September 26, 1910.

• Ruler During Exile: Sri Moolam Thirunal (The Diwan of Travancore at the time was P. Rajagopalachari).

• Autobiography: Ente Nadukadathal (My Banishment).

• Famous Literary Works: He wrote the first Malayalam biography of Karl Marx (1912). Other biographies include Socrates, Benjamin Franklin, and Mohandas Gandhi.