This article is about a Malayalam newspaper. For the soap brand, see Chandrika (soap)

Chandrika (soap)

Chandrika is a brand of ayurvedic/herbal soap manufactured and sold in India by SV Products. The product was launched in 1940. Even though the concept and founded by C. R. Kesavan Vaidyar, it is now owned by Bangalore headquartered Wipro.Chandrika, the ayurvedic soap brand owned by WCCL, the...

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Chandrika is a Malayalam newspaper run by the Indian Union Muslim League

Indian Union Muslim League

Indian Union Muslim League is a state political party in the state of Kerala, India. The chief support base of the party falls inside northern and central Kerala...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. It is published from Kozhikode and was the first attempt to have a newspaper from Malabar

Malabar District

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s to support the political party. It was established in the 1930s at Thalassery and it has celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in January 2011. Chandrika started publishing from Kozhikode during 1938-1939.
Chandrika is published from Kozhikode

Kozhikode

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. Former Kerala Chief Minister Mr. C.H. Mohammed Koya

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had put in a lot of effort to modernize the newspaper to the one which we see today. Chandrika is now publishing from Kozhikode, Kochi, Kannur, Malappuram, Trivandrum & Middle East (Dubai, Bahrain, & Qatar). Editions will be launched from Riyadh and Jeddah soon.

Chandrika is a group of publications. Chandrika weekly, Mahila chandrika, sports chandrika and arogya chandrika are published by the group.