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| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Madras Presidency]]<br />
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'''Kasturi Gopalan''' (8 November 1890 – 9 December 1974) was an Indian publisher who founded the publishing company [[Kasturi & Sons]] which publishes ''[[The Hindu]]''.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Gopalan was born in [[Coimbatore]] on 8 November 1890 to [[S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]], a lawyer from [[Kumbakonam]]. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar belonged to an illustrious Vaishnavite Brahmin family of the Tanjore district. He was Kasturi Ranga Iyengar's younger son, the elder being [[K. Srinivasan]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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While Srinivasan, [[A. Rangaswami Iyengar]] and [[S. Rangaswami Iyengar]] were involved in editing ''The Hindu'', Gopalan managed the affairs of Kasturi and Sons which published the newspaper as well as journals like ''[[Sport and Pastime]]'', ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'' and an annual cricket yearbook.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Gopalan died in December 1974 at the age of 84 after having served as publisher for more than five decades.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Gopalan married Ranganayaki and had two sons both of whom served in the board of ''The Hindu''<br />
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* [[G. Narasimhan]] (1916-1977)<br />
* [[G. Kasturi]] (1924-2012)<br />
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