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Kalki magazine launched

· Chennai

Writer R. Krishnamurthy (Kalki) and T. Sadasivam launched the Tamil weekly Kalki, which serialised popular historical novels.

The Tamil weekly Kalki was founded in 1941 by the writer R. Krishnamurthy, known by the pen name Kalki, together with T. Sadasivam. The magazine supported the nationalist movement and published fiction, music criticism and political commentary. Kalki Krishnamurthy's historical novels such as Parthiban Kanavu and later Ponniyin Selvan were serialised in it. It became one of the most widely read Tamil magazines.

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