K. Gopalan

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

Kasturi Gopalan
Born(1890-11-08)8 November 1890
Coimbatore, Madras Presidency
Died9 December 1974(1974-12-09) (aged 84)
Madras, British India
Occupationpublisher
Spouse(s)Ranganayaki
ChildrenG. Narasimhan,
G. Kasturi

Early life

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

While Srinivasan, A. Rangaswami Iyengar and S. Rangaswami Iyengar were involved in editing The Hindu, Gopalan managed the affairs of Kasturi and Sons which published the newspaper as well as journals like Sport and Pastime, Frontline and an annual cricket yearbook.

Death

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

Personal life

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

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