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{{Infobox newspaper<br />
|name = Chandrika<br />
|logo = Chandrika(newspaper)Logo.png<br />
|logo_size = 220px<br />
|image = Chandrika(newspaper)Cover.jpg<br />
|image_size = 240px<br />
|type = Daily [[newspaper]]<br />
|format = [[Broadsheet]]<br />
|editor = C.P. Saidalavi<br />
|price = 6.50 INR<br />
|owners = Muslim Printing and Publishing Co Ltd<br />
|foundation = {{date and age|1934}}, Thalassery<br />
|political position = <br />
|publisher = P K K Bava<br />
|Dy Geral Manager = Mohammed Najeeb Alikkal<br />
|circulation = More than 400000<br />
|headquarters = [[Kozhikode]]<ref name="JN246">{{cite book |last1=Natarajan |first1=J |title=History of Indian Journalism |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India |page=246 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofindianj00nata/page/246/mode/1up |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><br />
|website = {{URL|http://chandrikadaily.com}}<br />
|free = {{url|http://epaper.chandrikadaily.com/}}<br />
|language=Malayalam}}<br />
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'''''Chandrika''''' is a Malayalam newspaper run by the Muslim Printing and Publishing Company, [[Kerala]].<ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.55192/1993 | Name: CHANDRIKA | | Publication City:KOCHI | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.KERMAL/1996/03265 | Name: CHANDRIKA | | Publication City:KANNUR | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.KERMAL/2005/18070 | Name: CHANDRIKA | | Publication City:THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.MAHMAL/2002/08696 | Name: CHANDRIKA | | Publication City:MUMBAI | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.KERMAL/2009/30266 | Name: CHANDRIKA | | Publication City:MALAPPURAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.KERMAL/2013/50001 | Name: CHANDRIKA | | Publication City:KOTTAYAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><br />
It is the mouthpiece of [[Indian Union Muslim League]]<ref>Kurian, Jose (October 6, 2016). [https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/061016/iumls-mouthpiece-chandrika-daily-to-sell-headquarters.html "IUML’s mouthpiece Chandrika daily to sell headquarters"]. ''[[Deccan Chronicle]]''. Retrieved May 31, 2020.</ref> and is published from [[Kozhikode]], [[Kannur]], [[Malappuram]], [[Kochi]], [[Trivandrum]], [[Kottayam]], [[Doha]], [[Dubai]], [[Riyadh]], [[Bahrain]], [[Dammam]] and [[Jeddah]]. ''Chandrika'' was founded as a first attempt to have a newspaper from [[Malabar District|Malabar]] [[Muslim]]s to support the backward communities.<br />
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==History==<br />
Chandrika was established in the year 1934 at Thalassery and it has celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in January 2011. Chandrika started publishing from Kozhikode in 1936.<br />
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<!-- ==C.H.Mohammed Koya== --><br />
Former Kerala Chief Minister Mr. [[C.H. Mohammed Koya]] was once the chief editor of Chandrika.<br />
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<!-- ==E. Ahamed== --><br />
Former Union Minister Mr. [[E. Ahamed]] was once reporter of the daily and later served in the Board of Directors of the newspaper.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/e-ahamed-consummate-politician-skilled-negotiator-and-football-fan/story-2pgO5PSABqSIl5Z9spaweO.html HT Report on Mr. Ahamed]</ref><br />
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==Definition==<br />
Chandrika (in Sanskrit) means blissful moonlight.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Malayalam-language newspapers]]<br />
*[[List of Malayalam-language periodicals]]<br />
*[[List of newspapers in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Newspapers in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Daily newspapers published in India]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language newspapers]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Union Muslim League]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Kannur]]<br />
[[Category:Malappuram]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
[[Category:Kottayam]]<br />
[[Category:Thalassery]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Kozhikode]]<br />
[[Category:1934 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media in Kochi]]</div>2402:8100:3917:A8CD:0:0:0:1