The Free Press Journal is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1928 by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor.

First produced to complement a news agency, the Free Press of India, it was a supporter of the Independence movement.

[6] According to Atkins he was removed "after a political dispute over Thackeray's attacks on southern Indian immigration into Bombay"[7] Notable cartoonist R. K. Laxman joined The Free Press Journal as a twenty-year-old.

Three years into the job, he was asked by his proprietor not to make fun at communists, Laxman left and joined The Times of India.

The Free Press Journal argued that this was against the "ancient Indian traditions of affording shelter from persecution".