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| name = K. Sukumaran<br />
| image = K.SukumaranImage.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1903|01|08}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mayyanad]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1981|09|18|1903|01|08}}<br />
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| other_names = ''′Patradhipar′'' K Sukumaran<br />
| known_for = ''[[Kerala Kaumudi]] Daily''; ''[[Kala Kaumudi]]''<br />
| occupation = Editor<br />
| awards = [[Padmabhushan]]<br />
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'''Kunhiraman Sukumaran''' (8 January 1903&nbsp;– 18 September 1981), was the editor of ''[[Kerala Kaumudi]] Daily''. He served as the President of [[Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana]] Yogam during 1953-54.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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K. Sukumaran was born on 8 January 1903 to reformer, thinker and socio-cultural leader [[C.V. Kunhiraman]] and Kunjikavu in [[Mayyanad]] of [[Kollam District]] who established [[Kerala Kaumudi]] as a periodical in 1911. Sukumaran's brother Damodaran who was the Head Translator to the Govt was also a known writer and public figure and Sister Vasanthi was married to [[C. Kesavan]], [[Chief Minister]] of [[Travancore-Cochin]] State. He married Madhavi and had four sons- (all late) M.S. Mani, M.S. Madhusoodanan, M.S. Sreenivasan and M.S. Ravi who were all running the Newspaper and other Publications of [[Kerala Kaumudi]] and [[Kala Kaumudi]].<br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
[[File:Pathradhipar K Sukumaran Smriti Mandapam, Kodimatha.jpg|thumb|Memorial statue at Kodimatha, Kottayam]]<br />
K. Sukumaran was honored [[Padmabhushan]], the third highest civilian Award by [[Government of India]] in 1973.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://news.keralakaumudi.com/foundereditor/]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235248/http://sndpyogam.in/suku.aspx]<br />
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[[Category:Malayalam-language journalists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male journalists]]</div>Kuldeep Singh Deep