Theekkathir is a

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ran by Toiling Masses Welfare Trust Tamil Nadu. Theekkathir is being published from Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli.

History

In 1963, Theekkathir was started as a weekly from

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with the fund collected by Coimbatore mill workers. Its first editor was Arputhasamy, fondly called as Appu. Theekkathir was launched in 1966 at (Nadesan Road)

. Its regular edition was launched in 1969 at

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and became a daily newspaper in 1971. The paper’s second edition started from Chennai in 1993. Its third edition started from Coimbatore in 2007. The fourth edition from Tiruchirappalli was launched as a conclusion of the ''August campaign''.

References

External links

http://theekkathir.in
https://www.facebook.com/theekkathir
https://twitter.com/Theekkathir
https://www.instagram.com/theekkathir
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC38MhgChQ8aMA3ZTt4f12-w
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