Makkal Kural is a Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 daily newspaper

Newspaper

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, started in 1973 by M. Shanmugavel.

This evening paper was famous for its explosive stand against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...

 (DMK) rule in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

 at that time. The firebrand editorials of Shanmugavel and TRR

TRR

TRR can mean:* China Bay Airport near Trincomalee, Sri Lanka* Low-rolling resistance tires* Test Readiness Review* Tehran Research Reactor, an Iranian nuclear research reactor, supplied by the U.S. in 1960...

 were historic at that time. On seeing the popularity of this newspaper M. G. Ramachandran

M. G. Ramachandran

Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....

 (who had launched his own political party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. The party was founded by M. G. Ramachandran and is now headed by J. Jayalalithaa. The party headquarters is in Royapettah, Chennai, and was gifted to the party in 1986 by its...

 (AIADMK) to cross swords with DMK) patronised Makkal Kural and that led to the popularity of this newspaper in every village in Tamil Nadu.

Makkal Kural was the first in South India to install computerised DTP

DTP

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 in the late 1980s.

In 1995 this group also started an English language

English language

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evening paper, the Trinity Mirror.