[3][4] Dina Thanthi was established in Madurai on 1 November 1942 by lawyer, politician and editor S. P.

[5] This daily newspaper is published from 16 cities in India namely Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur and Vellore.

In the second half of 2015, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,714,743. International edition is printed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the Middle East market.

In 2005, the central Government conferred the Padma Shri award to the managing director of Dinathanti, Sivanthi Adithan, for his excellent work in educating the poor.

Tamil Nadu Scholars are honored by giving prize money and gold medal every year in C. Pa. Aditanar's birthday function.