Dinakaran

Also known as tiṉakaraṉ

Dinakaran is a Tamil daily newspaper distributed in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by K. P. Kandasamy in 1977 and is currently owned by media conglomerate Sun Group's Sun Network. Dinakaran is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after Dina Thanthi . It is printed in 12 cities across India. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamy after he split from Dina Thanthi owned by his father-in-law S. P. Adithanar during the split of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In 2005, the newspaper was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Kalanithi Ma

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Newspaper.logo: 200px|Dinakaran's Logo
Newspaper.name: Dinakaran
Newspaper.type: Daily newspaper
Newspaper.format: Broadsheet
Newspaper.founder: K. P. Kandasamy
Newspaper.owners: Sun Group
Newspaper.headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Newspaper.language: Tamil
Newspaper.circulation: 1,167,189 Daily
Newspaper.circulation_date: Jul – Dec 2015
Newspaper.website: Dinakaran website

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Instance of: newspaper
Country: India
Headquarters: Chennai
Parent organization: Sun Group
Official website: www.dinakaran.com

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title: Dinakaran
newspaper format: broadsheet
inception: 1977-01-01
language of work or name: Tamil
social media followers: 701420

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Dinakaran is published from 12 cities in India namely Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagercoil, Puducherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore. As of 2014, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,215,583.

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