Suprabhaatham Daily

Suprabhaatham (സുപ്രഭാതം) is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India.It is the first Malayalam daily to be published with six editions. It was founded under the leadership of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, a prominent Sunni Islamic scholar's organization of Kerala. Kozhikode Iqrau Publications Ltd. is the publisher of Suprabhaatham. The word " Suprabhaatham" translates to literally "auspicious dawn". It is the tenth most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala. It publishes a variety of supplements like Njayarprabhaatham, Vidya Prabhatham, Ayur Prabhaatham and Pravasi. The newspaper has various editions from Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Trissur, Kochi, Thiruvnanthapuram and Palakkad in Kerala. It headquartered at Francis Road, Calicut, Kerala [1][2][3]

Suprabhaatham
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Kozhikode Iqrau Publications Ltd.
Founder(s)Kottumala Bappu Musliyar
PublisherDr. Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi
PresidentSayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal
Editor-in-chiefDr. Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi
Managing editorNavas Poonoor
Founded2014
LanguageMalayalam
HeadquartersKozhikode
Websitewww.suprabhaatham.com
Free online archivessuprabhaatham.com/epaper/

History

Kozhikode Iqrau Publication has launched the daily on 1 September 2014 by Oommen Chandy, the then Chief Minister of Kerala.It is the first Malayalam daily to be published with six editions.[4] Suprabhaatham has 7 print editions published from Kozhikode, Kochi, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram. The daily has readership across Kerala as well as among the ethnic Malayali population of Lakshadweep, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Nilgiri. The daily is printed from seven different printing presses and has the backing of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the representative body and the spiritual leadership of a faction of the Sunni Muslims of Kerala which owns the publishers of Suprabhaatham. It is the first Malayalam news which has got initial circulation of more than three lacks. Late Kottumala Bappu Musliyar was the founding chairman.[5][6]

Organization

Dr.Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi is the Editor. Navas Poonoor is Managing Editor. A. Sajeevan is the Executive Editor. Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal is the chairman of the management while Dr.Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi, Abdul Hameed Faizee are the directors&CEO.musthafa mundupara and directors Maniyoor Ahmad Musliyar is the chief patron of suprabhaatham.[7]

References
  1. "Suprabhatham Malayalam News paper E-Paper, Print Edition, Read Suprabhatham Online". www.epapr.net. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. "Sunni versus Sunni: Kerala's newspaper wars- The News Minute". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. "Samastha to launch Malayalam daily - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "CM to launch print version of 'Suprabhatham' daily on Sept 1". www.madhayamam.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. "In Kerala's old Sunni vs Sunni rivalry, a new daily". The Indian Express. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. Sharafudheed EC. "Muslim Media in Kerala; History And Evolution". An Analytical Study (Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad): 42, 43.
  7. "Maniyoor Ahmad Musliyar elected as chief patron of Suprabhaatham (translation from Malayalam)". suprabhaatham.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
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