Gitanjali (Ceylonese newspaper)

Gitanjali
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s) Independent Newspapers Limited
Founded 1964 (1964)
Language Sinhala
Sister newspapers
Country Ceylon
City Colombo

Gitanjali was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company.[1] It was founded on 1964 and was published from Colombo.[1] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 15,000.[1] It had an average circulation of 15,000 in 1973.[2]

By 1973/74 the Independent Newspapers publications had become vocal critics of Sirimavo Bandaranaike's government.[3] The government sealed Independent Newspapers' presses and closed it down on 19 April 1974 using the Emergency (Defence) Regulations.[4][5][6][7][8] Independent Newspapers resumed publication on 30 March 1977 but the three year closure had taken its toll.[4][5][9] Faced financial problems Independent Newspapers and its various publications closed down on 26 December 1990.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 317–318.
  2. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 349–351.
  3. ↑ de Silva, K. M. (1981). A History of Sri Lanka. Oxford University Press. p. 547.
  4. 1 2 Sirisena, Priyalal (5 November 2003). "‘Irida Dawasa’ publication restrained". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  5. 1 2 Marasinghe, Sandasen (4 November 2003). "Dawasa restrained from publication". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  6. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 365–366.
  7. ↑ Richardson, John (2005). Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars. International Center for Ethnic Studies. p. 362. ISBN 955-580-094-4.
  8. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  9. ↑ "Another Sinhala newspaper launched". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 10 August 2008.
  10. ↑ Karunanayake, Nandana (2008). "18: Sri Lanka". In Banerjee, Indrajit; Logan, Stephen. Asian Communication Handbook 2008. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. pp. 446–460. ISBN 9789814136105.
  11. ↑ "Special events which took place in history from December 20 - December 26". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 20 December 2009.
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