Tikiri (Ceylonese newspaper)

Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper

TikiriType| Weekly newspaper

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Owner(s)| Independent Newspapers Limited
Founded| 1963 (1963)
Language| Sinhala
City| Colombo
Country| Ceylon
Sister newspapers|

* Chinthamini
* Dawasa
* Dinapathi
* Gitanjali
* Iranama
* Rasakatha
* Riviresa
* Sawasa
* Star
* Sun
* Sundari
* Thanthi
* Visitura
* Weekend

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Tikiri was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company.[1] It was founded on 1963 and was published from Colombo.[1] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 12,500.[1] It had an average circulation of 12,000 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]

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1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Sirisena, Priyalal (5 November 2003). "'Irida Dawasa' publication restrained". The Island (Sri Lanka).
5. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2002-02-13.
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 (eds.). 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. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.

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