Kesari

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Kesari is foster father of lord Hanuman.

Kesari (Marathi: कॆसरि) is a newspaper founded by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement.

Established in 1880 with the aim of national wakening, it is celebrating its 126th anniversary this year.

Kesari was a forerunner of the Hindutva movement. In the 1920s and 1930s, the newspaper published several articles on European fascism, and admired some of aspects of the latter.[1]


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