Modern History PYQ 164 of 709 · Development of Press in Modern India

'The Swadesh Vahini' was edited by:

  1. AMotilal Nehru
  2. BC. N. Mudaliar
  3. CK. Ramakrishna Pillai
  4. DC. V. Raman Pillai

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Correct answer: (c) K. Ramakrishna Pillai

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K. Ramakrishna Pillai edited the Malayalam newspaper *Swadeshabhimani* (here called *Swadesh Vahini*), founded by Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi at Anjengo in 1905. Pillai became its editor in 1906. He fearlessly criticised the Travancore government, and in 1910 the paper was banned and he was exiled from Travancore. He is known as "Swadeshabhimani" Ramakrishna Pillai.

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