''Tamil Murasu'' ( ta, தமிழ் முரசு) is a

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

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Tamil-language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ...

newspaper. Launched in 1935 by

Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani Thamizhavel Go. Sarangapani, ( ta, தமிழவேள் கோ. சாரங்கபாணி, 19 April 1903 – 16 March 1974) or ''Kosa'' as he was also known, a Tamil writer and publisher, was born in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, on 20 A ...

, Tamil Murasu is Singapore's only Tamil-language newspaper. It is one of the sixteen newspapers in Singapore.

Market Coverage

Readership* 154,000 (Print + Digital)
Circulation^ 16,000 (Mon-Sun)
* Media Nielsen Research Media Index 2013 ^ Average Circulation Jan-Nov 2013

History

launched Tamil Murasu in 1935 as his second publication (after ''Seerthirutham'' (Reform) in 1929 and before ''Munnetram'' (Progress) in 1939), pricing it at 1 cent per copy to accommodate the lower economic status of the Tamil community at the time. Starting as a weekly, from 1937 onward it was published daily. A reformist, Sarangapani advocated for positions similar to

Periyar Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'F ...

, decrying discrimination from the British and Malays as well as calling for increased labor rights for workers and changing the political state of Tamils in Singapore. ''Tamil Murasu'' reduced the dominance of English-educated upper-class Brahmins in Singaporean Tamil journalism. 1952: Student supplement Manavar Murasu is launched. 1963: Labour unrest disrupts operations for the first time since the Japanese Occupation. 1991:

Singapore Press Holdings Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPHL) was an organisation with businesses in property and aged care in Singapore. Since its takeover by Cuscaden Peak in 2022, it has been renamed Cuscaden Peak Investments. Prior to 1 December 2021, SPHL was i ...

(SPH) takes over distribution of Tamil Murasu. 1993: Hipro Printing, Tamil Murasu's family-owned publisher, is incorporated 1995: SPH and Times Publishing buy Hipro Printing. This makes ''Tamil Murasu'' the last daily paper in Singapore that was not owned by SPH. 1999: Youth page Ilyar Murasu is launched. 2000: Tamil Murasu webpage is launched. 2004: SPH buys Times Publishing's share of Hipro, making it a wholly owned SPH

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. 2005: Hirpo Printing is renamed Tamil Murasu. 2008: Weekly English tabloid tabla! is launched. 2017: Balar Murasu, a fortnightly supplement for pre-schoolers, is launched. Tamil Murasu becomes part of SPH's English/Malay/Tamil Media Group. 2019: The Tamil Murasu website receives a revamp. 2020: Tamil Murasu celebrates its 85th anniversary. 2021: Tamil Murasu Starts distributing copies of their "Manavar Murasu" Paper to schools in Singapore.

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* {{Singapore-newspaper-stub Newspapers published in Singapore SPH Media Trust Indian diaspora in Singapore Culture of Indian diaspora Tamil-language newspapers Publications established in 1935 1935 establishments in Singapore

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