''Kerala Mithram'' was one of the earliest

Malayalam language Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

newspaper published from Cochin, Kerala, India during 1881. It was printed in the beginning of the month as three, then one week later. Devji Bhimji, from Gujarat was the patron of the newspaper.

Kandathil Varghese Mappillai Kandathil Varghese Mappillai (1857 6 July 1904) was an Indian journalist, translator and publisher who was the founder of the newspaper Malayala Manorama and the magazine ''Bhashaposhini''. Early life Varghese Mappillai was born in 1857 as th ...

, the founder of '' Malayala Manorama'', was editor-in-Chief and T.G. Paily was deputy editor.

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