K. Gopalan
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Born8 November 1890
Died9 December 1974 (aged 84)
OccupationPublisher
SpouseRanganayaki
Kasturi Gopalan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 November 1890 |
| Died | 9 December 1974 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Spouse | Ranganayaki |
| Children | G. 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.[1]
Gopalan was born in Coimbatore on 8 November 1890 to S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, a lawyer from Kumbakonam. He was Kasturi Ranga Iyengar's younger son, the elder being K. Srinivasan. He had two children.[2]
Career
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.