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{{Infobox newspaper<br />
|name = Deenabandhu<br />
|logo = <!-- copyright image removed --><br />
|type = Daily and weekly newspaper<br />
|format = [[Broadsheet]]<br />
|image =<br />
|owners = [[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]]<br />
|founded = <br />
|political_position = Neo-liberal, Pro-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|publisher = [[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]]<br />
|chief_editor = [[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]]<br />
|language = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]<br />
|headquarters = [[Thrissur]]<br />
|circulation =<br />
|website = <br />
|price = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Deenabandhu''' is a defunct [[Malayalam]] language newspaper printed daily and published from the [[Thrissur city]], [[Kerala]] in India. The newspaper was the first periodicals published from [[Kingdom of Cochin]] which supported the [[Indian Independence Movement]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/13234/8/08_chapter%201.pdf<br />
|title=THE EVOLUTION OF PRESS IN KERALA<br />
|publisher=Shodhganga<br />
|access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/historyofpress.htm<br />
|title=HISTORY OF PRESS IN KERALA<br />
|publisher=PRD<br />
|access-date=31 July 2014<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807035905/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/historyofpress.htm<br />
|archive-date=7 August 2014<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Deenabandhu was started as a weekly on 26 January 1941 from [[Thrissur]] city with [[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]] as [[editor-in-chief]]. The newspaper was named after [[Charles Freer Andrews]], known affectionately as ''Deenbandhu'' or ''Friend of the Poor'', a name given by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] for his contributions to the [[Indian Independence Movement]].<br />
<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Color/Mineral%20Red/DEENABANDHU%20C.%20F.%20ANDREWS%20(PHILOSOPHER)<br />
|title=DEENABANDHU C. F. ANDREWS (PHILOSOPHER)<br />
|publisher=Indian Post<br />
|access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> Majority of the news came from the political movements from the Kochi state. The paper was also official organ of the ''[[Kochi rajya prajamandalam|Cochin Prajamandalam]]''. During the [[Quit India Movement]], the Editor and the staff were imprisoned. Later, the ''Deenabandu'' resumed publication in 1944 after the release of its staff from jail. In January 1946, the ''Deenabandu'' was turned into a daily newspaper and was shifted to [[Ernakulam]]. In 1962 due to financial difficulties, ''Deenabandu'' ceased publication.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://pressacademy.org/content/history-media-kerala<br />
|title=HISTORY OF MEDIA IN KERALA<br />
|publisher=Press Academy<br />
|access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mass media in Thrissur]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language newspapers]]<br />
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