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May 04, 2024

Virakesari Newspaper Description:

Virakesari is one of the leading Tamil daily newspapers in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest and the largest circulated Tamil Newspaper in Sri Lanka. Virakesari is owned by Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Private) Limited, one of the leading print and web media organization in Sri Lanka.

Virakesari was founded by PPR. Subramanian in the first half of 20th century. Subramanian was an entrepreneur and journalist from the village Avanipatti in Tamil Nadu, India.

Upon immigrating from India to British Ceylon, he saw the conditions of the Indian Labourers and decided that he would establish anewspaper to promote justice and equality for those people by publishing a newspaper with a distinct voice of its own.

The First Page of Virakesari in 1930