Kesari (Marathi newspaper)

This article is about the Marathi newspaper. For other uses, see Kesari (disambiguation).

Kesari
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Owner(s)Kesari Maratha Trust
Founder(s)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
PublisherKesari Maratha Trust
Founded4 January 1881; 143 years ago (4 January 1881)
Political alignmentCentre-right politics
LanguageMarathi
Websitewww.dailykesari.com
First edition of Kesari newspaper
Editorial of the newspaper

Kesari (Marathi: केसरी Sanskrit for saffron) is a Marathi newspaper which was founded on 4 January 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement. The newspaper was used as a spokes piece for the Indian national freedom movement, and continues to be published by the Kesari Maratha Trust and Tilak's descendants.[1][2][3]

Bal Gangadhar Tilak used to run his two newspapers, Kesari, in Marathi and Mahratta (Run by Kesari-Maratha Trust)[4] in English from Kesari Wada, Narayan Peth, Pune. The newspapers were originally started as a co-operative by Chiplunkar, Agarkar and Tilak.

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  3. ^ Inamdar, Siddhesh (4 January 2010). "Tendency to dumb down journalism disturbing: N. Ram". The Hindu. Pune. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  4. ^ Mone (Tilak), Mrs. Geetali Hrishikesh. "The Role of Free Circulation in Optimum Newspaper Development - Ph.D. thesis submission". shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in. Preface - Shodhganga. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.