Deshabhimani (Sri Lanka)

Deshabhimani ('Patriot') was a Tamil-language weekly newspaper published from Colombo, an organ of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.[1][2] Deshabhimani emerged in the 1950s.[3] During its initial years, it had a circulation of around 10,000.[4] As of the late 1950s and early 1960s, H.M.P. Mohiden was the editor-in-chief of the publication (he was expelled in the Sino-Soviet split in 1963).[5][6] As of the early 1970s, P. Ramanathan was the editor of the newspaper.[1]

  1. ^ a b Ceylon Press Directory. 1971. p. 13.
  2. ^ Hobday, Charles; East, Roger (1990). Communist and Marxist parties of the world. Longman. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-582-06038-8.
  3. ^ Peiris, G. H. (1997). Studies on the Press in Sri Lanka and South Asia. International Centre for Ethnic Studies. p. 201. ISBN 978-955-580-026-6.
  4. ^ The British Commonwealth, 1956. Europa Publications. 1956. p. 587.
  5. ^ Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 1958. p. 495.
  6. ^ Peking Review. Peking Review. 1963. p. 48.