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Dinamani launched

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The Tamil daily Dinamani published its first edition on 11 September; it later became part of the Indian Express group.

Dinamani is a Tamil daily newspaper whose first edition was published on 11 September. The Wikipedia article gives the founding year as 1934 in its infobox and 1933 in its text. It became part of the newspaper group of Ramnath Goenka and is now published by The New Indian Express Group. It is printed from several cities in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere.

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