Suprabhaatham (സുപ്രഭാതം) is a

Malayalam 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 ...

daily newspaper owned and published by ''Kozhikode Iqrau Publications'' from Kozhikode on behalf of the EK faction of the

Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama Samastha or Samasta may refer to, * Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, the Shafi'ite scholarly body in northern Kerala (1926–1989) ** Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (1989–present) ** Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (Samastha Kerala Sunn ...

, a Sunni organisation based in Kerala. The daily publishing from

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. It is the first Malayalam daily to be published with six editions. The word " Suprabhaatham" translates to literally "''auspicious

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''". It is the tenth most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala. The newspaper has various editions from Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Trissur, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad in Kerala. It headquartered at Francis Road,

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

, Kerala

History

Kozhikode Iqrau Publication has launched the daily on 1 September 2014 by

Oommen Chandy Oommen Chandy, , (born 31 October 1943) is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Chief Minister of Kerala for two terms, from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016. He was also Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative ...

, the then Chief Minister of Kerala. It is the first Malayalam daily to be published with six editions. ''Suprabhaatham'' has 7 print editions published from

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Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

palakkad and

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. The daily has readership across Kerala as well as among the ethnic Malayali population of

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and Nilgiri. It is the first Malayalam news which has got initial circulation of more than three lakhs. Late Kottumala Bappu Musliyar was the founding chairman.

Organization

Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi is the Editor. Navas Poonoor is the Managing Editor. A. Sajeevan is the Executive Editor.

Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya, known with the honorific Sayyid, suffixed Thangal, is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, India. He serves as President, Samastha Kerala Jem'iyyathul Ulema, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i The Shafii ( ar, شَافِعِي, ...

is the chairman of the management while Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi, Abdul Hameed Faizee are the directors & CEO. Musthafa Mundupara and director Maniyoor Ahmad Musliyar is the chief patron of ''suprabhaatham.''

References

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