Ganapathy Dikshitar Subramania Iyer or G. Subramania Iyer is the founder of the newspaper "The Hindu". He founded 'The Hindu' newspaper on 20 September 1878. G. Subramania Iyer was a leading Indian journalist, social reformer and freedom fighter. He was proprietor, editor and managing director of 'The Hindu' from 20 September 1878 to October 1898.