![]() It continued publication till around mid-1851. There was a change in size and format – the Paschimodayam appeared in royal octavo garb. Like its predecessor the Paschimodayam, this too was cyclostyled but it carried articles on geography, history, natural science and astrology. In October 1847 Gundert started another publication called Paschimodayam. By the time it ceased publication at the end of 1850, forty-two issues had seen the light of day. As the opening statement in the first issue emphasised, the reading matter was devoted to religion. Dr.Gundart was then the motivating spirit behind the German Based Mission Society. The credit for this pioneering venture goes to Dr.Herman Gundert, the renowned western scholar. Neither the mast-head nor the print-line of the Rajyasamacharam featured its editor’s name nor was the publication priced. Reading matter was spread across the pages with neither columns nor cross-heads to break the monotony. The mast-head proudly announced the new-comer’s name as Rajyasamacharam. In June 1847 witnessed the primordial birth pangs of Malayalam journalism as eight cyclostyled sheets in demy octavo size were churned out from a press at Illikkunnu near Thalassery.
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