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'''M. Shanmugavel''', (4 July 1927 - 11 December 2007) popularly known as '''MS''', was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] journalist and the editor of Makkal Kural and the English-language ''Trinity Mirror''.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Shanmugavel started his journalistic career in 1946 at the ''[[Daily Thanthi]]'' in [[Coimbatore]]. In the mid-1950s, he formed a cooperative venture with other journalists, ''[[Navamani]]'', a Tamil-language [[evening newspaper]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} The paper twice won the Central government's best display award. After a few years, he quit the ''Navamani'' and founded ''[[Alai Osai]]''.<br />
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In 1973, Shanmugaval started his own venture, [[Makkal Kural]], as a limited company. He was invited by Prime Ministers [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi]] and [[Narashima Rao]] to accompany them on their foreign tours on several occasions, and also attended the UN conference and the Davos economic summit.<br />
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Shanmugavel died on 11 December 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Makkal Kural Editor Shanmugavel passes away |newspaper=[[Oneindia.in]] |date=12 December 2007 |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2007/12/11/makkal-kural-editor-shanmugavel-passes-away-1197370638.html }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Shungavel won the Central government's award for best layout and news presentations five times, twice for Tamil and three times for the English paper. He was a member of Temples committee under HR and CE department headed by then Chief Minister of [[Tamil Nadu]] [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]] and was also a member of the high-level committee for prohibition enforcement constituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20061024141100/http://www.makkalkuralonline.com/aboutus.asp<br />
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