Swarajya (magazine)
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| File:Swarajya May 2015 issue front page.jpg Front page of the May 2015 issue of Swarajya | |
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| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly (2015–present) Weekly (1956–1980) |
| Publisher | V.Murali Amarnath Govindarajan |
| Founder | Khasa Subba Rao |
| Founded | 1956 |
| First issue | 14 July 1956 |
| Company | Bharathan Publications Private Limited (1956–2014) Kovai Media Private Limited (2014–present) |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Coimbatore/Bengaluru (2014–present) Chennai (1956–1980) |
| Language | English |
| Website | swarajyamag |
| OCLC | 3999897 |
Swarajya is an Indian monthly print magazine and news portal.
R. Jagannathan is the current editorial director. Originally established in 1956 as a weekly under the patronage of C. Rajagopalachari, it shut down in 1980 but was relaunched in September 2014, as a daily news website; a monthly print magazine was launched in January 2015.[2]
History
Swarajya was launched as a weekly magazine in 1956 by journalist Khasa Subba Rao, under the patronage of C. Rajagopalachari, a prominent independence activist and one of the founders of the Swatantra Party.[3][4]
The magazine strongly advocated individual freedom and freedom of enterprise as against Nehru's socialist policies.[5] Minoo Masani, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, and R. K. Laxman have contributed to the magazine.[6][7] After Rajagopalachari's death in 1972, the magazine slowly began to decline and eventually closed in 1980.[8]
Relaunch in 2014
The magazine was relaunched as an online daily in September 2014, with Sandipan Deb as the Editorial Director; the first edition of the print magazine was launched in January 2015.[8] Coimbatore-based Kovai Media Private Limited purchased the rights to the magazine from Chennai-based Bharathan Publishers, along with 40,000 pages from the earlier editions of the magazine.[8] The magazine describes itself as "a big tent for liberal right of centre discourse".[1]
In October 2016, it acquired OpIndia; in 2018, it became an independent entity.[9] In 2018, Swarajya launched its Hindi edition.[10]
References
- ^ a b "About Us". Swarajya. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Venkatesh, M. R. (29 January 2015). "Re-launching Swarajya, a voice for India's new Right". The Hindu.
- ^ "Remembering Rajagopalachari the writer, with Kalki". The New Indian Express. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Contributions of Rajaji and Kalki hailed". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Comrades, friends, rivals". The Hindu. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "EDITORIALS BY SHRI R. VENKATARAMAN FOR 'SWARAJYA'". President Venkataraman. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "For over five decades RK Laxman immortalised passive, hapless common man". Daily News & Analysis. Pune. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Bansal, Shuchi (17 September 2014). "Rajagopalachari's 'Swarajya' to be relaunched soon". Livemint. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Matharu, Aleesha. "Tables Turn on Twitter's Hindutva Warriors, and It's the BJP Doing the Strong-Arming". The Wire. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Swarajya on Twitter". Twitter. Swarajya. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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