Eelanadu

Sri Lankan Tamil language newspaper
Eelanadu
TypeDaily
Owner(s)K. C. Thangaraja
Founded1959
LanguageTamil
HeadquartersJaffna, Sri Lanka

Eelanadu is a Tamil language newspaper. The first issues were produced in 1959, published by K. C. Thangaraja, a businessman from Jaffna, who was the Chairman of the Eastern Paper Mills Corporation in Valaichenai. The office and presses of Eelanadu were burnt in 1981 along with Burning of Jaffna Public Library and Poobalasingam Book depot during the riots.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "'Jaffna burns again' - snippets from the burning of Jaffna Library". Tamil Guardian. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ Anoma Pieris (25 October 2018). Sovereignty, Space and Civil War in Sri Lanka: Porous Nation. Taylor & Francis. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-351-24632-3. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ S. Sivanayagam (1987). Sri Lanka, 10 Years of Jayewardene Rule. Tamil Information & Research Unit. p. 18. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ Harry Drost (1991). The World's News Media: A Comprehensive Reference Guide. Longman Group UK. pp. 476–477. ISBN 978-0-582-08554-1. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ Article 19 (Organization) (1991). Information Freedom and Censorship: World Report 1991. American Library Association. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8389-2156-2. Retrieved 29 June 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ KADIRGAMAR, SANTASILAN (2011). "Jaffna in 1981: Days of Terror". Economic and Political Weekly. 46 (23): 27–30.
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