Mithavadi

Mithavadi was a Malayalam-language newspaper published from Tellicherry and later from Calicut in Malabar, British India. It was established by T. Sivasankaran in 1907.^[1] Moorkoth Kumaran was the editor. He merged his Kerala Sanchari newspaper with Mithavadi.^[2] In 1913, C. Krishnan purchased the newspaper and published it from his Empire Press, Calicut.^[1] Mithavadi was particularly popular among the Thiyya community and was instrumental in pioneering tenant agitations in Malabar.^[3]

References

1. A. Shaji. "Situating the role of print media in hastening communalism in modern Travancore" (PDF). Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 77: 706–717.
2. "History of Press in Kerala". Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
3. Stella Joseph. "Tenancy - A much debated issue" (PDF). Print and public sphere in Malabar: a study of early newspapers (1847-1930) (Thesis). University of Calicut.