Dinakaran is a Tamil

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distributed in Tamil Nadu,

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. It was founded by

K. P. Kandasamy K. P. Kandasamy was a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and founder of ''Dinakaran'', a Tamil daily newspaper. He founded Dinakaran in support of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) when his father-in-law, S. P. Adithanar Si. Bala ...

in 1977 and is currently owned by media conglomerate Sun Group's-

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.''Dinakaran'' is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after ''

Dina Thanthi ''Dina Thanthi'' ( en, Daily Mail; known as Daily Thanthi in English language, English) is a Tamil language daily newspaper. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in Madurai in 1942. ''Dina Thanthi'' is India's largest daily printed in the Tamil la ...

''. It is printed in 12 cities across India. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by

after he split from ''

'' owned by his father-in-law S. P. Adithanar during the split of

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief ...

from

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. In 2005, the newspaper was acquired from

K. P. K. Kumaran K. P. K. Kumaran ( ta, கே.பி.கே.குமரன்), is a politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, is a former member of the Parliament of India who represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the ...

by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Group. ''Dinakaran'' is published from 12 cities in India namely

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, Coimbatore,

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, Puducherry,

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and

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. As of 2014, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,215,583.

References

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