Malayala Rajyam

Malayala Rajyam was a Malayalam-language newspaper founded by K. G. Shankar in 1929 in Quilon, Travancore.

[1] The newspaper featured despatches from the Associated Press of India and Reuters as well as news pictures fed by international photo agencies.

It had modern printing equipment and even operated a bus service to distribute the copies to agents on time.

The newspaper fell on bad days after Shankar relinquished control due to a prolonged illness.

[2] Several prominent figures such as C. V. Kunhiraman, C. S. Subramanian Potty, Bappu Rao, Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai and V. Gangadharan were associated with Malayala Rajyam.