Question

The news paper Swadesabhimani, was owned by

• A. K. Ramakrishna Pillai
• B. Abdul Khadir Maulavi
• C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
• D. Sisir Kumar Ghosh

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Abdul Khadir Maulavi

• The Owner (Publisher): Vakkom Abdul Khadir Maulavi imported an automatic printing press from England at great expense and launched Swadeshabhimani on January 19, 1905, from Anjengo (Anchuthengu).

• The Editor: K. Ramakrishna Pillai (popularly known as Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai) took over as editor in 1906.

• His fearless, uncompromising editorials against the corrupt Dewan of Travancore, P. Rajagopalachari, made the paper famous.