വാർത്ത

വാരവൃത്തം

പാളയം കോട്ടയിലെ വ്യവസായപ്രദർശനം

ബോമ്പ് കേസ്

Swathi Thirunal

Half-length portrait of Rama Varma (1813-1846), Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore

Hand Written Letter Of Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

K. Ramakrishna Pillai was the second editor of Svadesabhimani.

Travancore Maharaja's State Carriage (1900)

Photograph taken about 1900 by the Government photographer, Zacharias D'Cruz of the Travancore Maharaja's State Carriage in Trivandrum.

University College, Trivandrum

Believed to be a photo taken by the official photographer of the King of Thiruvithankur, Zachariah Dicruz. Source British Library, Thiruvananthapuram

Sree Narayan Guru With Kumaranasan

English Translations

August 22, 1908

What is required? Prohibition of the Press or Prohibition of Corruption?

What is needed now in Travancore is not a law banning the freedom of press. We had stated in an earl...

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May 27, 1908

Round Up: National and International News

Professor Ramamurthy, who is an expert in sports, has astonished people with two amazing feats. Amid...

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September 12, 1910

The Press law

The incident where Dewan Mr. Rajagopalachari sought to employ the Press Act, crafted in the blacksmi...

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March 07, 1908

Marumakkathaya marriage

There is a little more to say about ending the marital relationship. Although the husband and wife h...

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April 29, 1910

The need for ritual program

The Smritis* are legal texts governing the people, which are revered as the epitome of scriptures. I...

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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.

October news from Svadesabhimani

October 02, 1907

Svadesabhimani

തെക്കൻ പോലീസ്

തെക്കൻ പോലീസ് (സ്വന്തം ലേഖകൻ) തെക്കൻ ഡിവിഷനിലേക്കും തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തേക്കും ഒരു അസിസ്റ്റന്റു സൂപ്രഡ...

October 07, 1908

Svadesabhimani

ഹൈദരബാദിലെ അത്യാപത്ത്

നൈസാമിന്‍റെ രാജ്യത്ത് വെള്ളപ്പൊക്കം നിമിത്തം അനേകായിരം ജനങ്ങള്‍ മരിച്ചുപോയി എന്നും, വളരെ സ്വത്തു നശി...

October 02, 1907

Svadesabhimani

ദേശവാർത്തകൾ - തിരുവിതാംകൂർ

കാഴ്ചബംഗ്ളാ തോട്ടങ്ങളില്‍ കിടക്കുന്ന ചില പുലികളെ 400 രൂപയ്ക്കു വില്‍ക്കുവാന്‍ നിശ്ചയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു....

October 23, 1907

Svadesabhimani

ദേശവാർത്തകൾ

കൈപ്പുഴെ ഒരു അഞ്ചല്‍ എഴുത്തുപെട്ടി സ്ഥാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. സ്റ്റേറ്റ് മാന്വെല്‍ എഴുതിയവകയ്ക്കു മിസ്റ്...

October 24, 1906

Svadesabhimani

വിദേശവാർത്ത

കാബൂളില്‍ കമ്പിയില്ലാക്കമ്പിത്തപാലേര്‍പ്പെടുത്താന്‍ ആലോചിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ******ഷൈക്ക് മുബാറക്ക്, ന...