Dinakaran is a Tamil daily newspaper distributed in Tamil Nadu, India. 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- Sun Network.''Dinakaran'' is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after '' Dina Thanthi''. It is printed in 12 cities across India. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by

after he split from '' Dina Thanthi'' owned by his father-in-law S. P. Adithanar during the split of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. 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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, Chennai,

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, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagercoil, Puducherry,

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, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore. As of 2014, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,215,583.

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