TILAK OF SOUTH INDIA - VARADARAJULA NAIDU
Perumal Varadarajulu Naidu (4 June 1887 – 23 July 1957) was an Indian physician, politician, journalist and Indian independence activist.He was also the founder of The Indian Express , a major English-language daily, in 1932 in Madras.He was described as, "a distinguished labour leader, an eminent journalist, an ardent champion of the causes of handloom weavers, small-scale and cottage industries and a spirited advocate of interests of politically.
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FOUNDER OF INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
The Indian Express was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu,In 1931, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of The Free Press Journal, a national news agency.In 1933 The Indian Express opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, Dinamani. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper.