The Leader newspaper was published by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in Allahabad in 1909. It was one of the most influential English-language newspapers in India during British Raj. Under C. Y. Chintamani, a dynamic editor from 1909 to 1934, it acquired a large readership in North India. Indian National Congress leader, Moti Lal Nehru was the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Leader, and the paper remained politically charged through its existence, many of Mahatma Gandhi's writings were also published in it, and it is repository of important writing of that generation.