Kesari (Marathi newspaper)

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Kesari
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TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
OwnerKesari Mahratta Trust [1]
Founder Bal Gangadhar Tilak
PublisherKesari Mahratta Trust [1]
Founded1881
Language Marathi
Website www.dailykesari.com
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Editorial of the newspaper

Kesari is a Marathi newspaper which was founded on 4 January 1881 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader in the Indian independence movement.

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History

Origins

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First edition of Kesari

Kesari was established in 1881 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a self-rule activist in the Indian independence movement. One of two weekly newspapers established by Tilak, Kesari was published in the Marathi language, while its counterpart, Mahratta, was published in English. Tilak wrote several articles in Kesari, on issues such as land tenure and revenue, war expenditure, high salaries paid to British officials, and the colonial exploitation of Indian resources. [2] A Hindu nationalist, Tilak sought to create a Hindu public sphere. Many Kesari editorials described how this sphere was formed and mobilised through religious events, in an attempt to create a shared and cohesive national culture. [3]

Initial years, editors and writers

The editors of Kesari included a number of independence activists, including Agarkar (its first editor), Chiplunkar and Tilak. Agarkar left Kesari in 1887 to start his own news paper, Sudharak (The Reformer) after which Tilak continued to run the paper on his own. Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar, a close associate of Tilak, served as editor twice when Tilak was imprisoned in 1897 and 1908. [4]

Present day

An online Marathi periodical called The Daily Kesari continues to be published, edited by Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak's great grandson, Deepak Tilak. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Inamdar, Siddhesh (4 January 2010). "Tendency to dumb down journalism disturbing: N. Ram". The Hindu . Pune. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Tomar, Ankit; Malik, Suratha Kumar (2022). Reappraising Modern Indian Thought: Themes and Thinkers. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 147–167. ISBN   9789811914140.
  3. ↑ Seth, Sanjay (2006). "The critique of renunciation: Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Hindu nationalism". Postcolonial Studies. 9 (2): 137–150. doi:10.1080/13688790600657819.
  4. ↑ Watve, K.N. (1947). "Sri Narasimha Chintaman "Alias" Tatyasaheb Kelkar". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 28 (1/2): 156–158. JSTOR   44028058.
  5. ↑ "Know your city - Pune". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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