Nakkheeran Gopal was born on 10 April 1959 and is a veteran writer and journalist from Tamil Nadu, India.
12 Facts About Nakkeeran Gopal
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Nakkeeran Gopal is the editor and publisher of the Tamil political investigative journal Nakkheeran.
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Nakkeeran Gopal completed his schooling at the Municipal School of Aruppukkottai and SBK Higher Secondary School.
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Nakkheeran Nakkeeran Gopal abstained from work for four months during his recovery but improved his artistic skills in the meantime.
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In 1985, Nakkheeran Gopal was rightly identified by Valampuri John, the editor of Thai magazine run by the then Chief Minister M G Ramachandran.
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Nakkeeran Gopal received knowledge on layout work and got exposed to production work during his venture in Thiraichuvai.
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However, Nakkeeran Gopal had learned the success story when he acted as a layout director in Tharasu magazine.
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Nakkeeran Gopal opted to move out of Tharasu at this stage due to various conflicts.
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Nakkeeran Gopal loved the title Nakkheeran, but it was possessed by a politician named K Subbu.
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The editor of Nakkheeran, Nakkheeran Nakkeeran Gopal, locked horns with the state government of Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court of India to receive a landmark judgement in favour of press independence on 7 October 1994.
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Nakkeeran Gopal was first arrested in April 2003 in connection with the murder of a police informant, allegedly by forest brigand Veerappan, and was charged under Pota for alleged possession of arms.
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Nakkeeran Gopal penned a series called "Challenge" and Yutham in his own Nakkheeran magazine.