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K. Gopalan

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Kasturi Gopalan
Born(1890-11-08)8 November 1890
Died9 December 1974(1974-12-09) (aged 84)
OccupationPublisher
SpouseRanganayaki
ChildrenG. Narasimhan,
G. Kasturi

Kasturi Gopalan (8 November 1890 – 9 December 1974) was an Indian publisher who founded the publishing company Kasturi & Sons which publishes The Hindu.

Early life

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Gopalan was born in Coimbatore on 8 November 1890 to S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, a lawyer from Kumbakonam. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar belonged to an illustrious Vaishnavite Brahmin family of the Tanjore district. He was Kasturi Ranga Iyengar's younger son, the elder being K. Srinivasan.

Career

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While Srinivasan, A. Rangaswami Iyengar and S. Rangaswami Iyengar were involved in editing The Hindu, Gopalan founded and managed Kasturi & Sons—which published the newspaper in addition to journals like Sport and Pastime, Frontline, and Indian Cricket, an annual cricket yearbook.

Death

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Gopalan died in December 1974 at the age of 84 after having served as publisher for more than five decades.

Personal life

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Gopalan married Ranganayaki and had two sons both of whom served in the board of The Hindu