Ganapathy Dikshitar Subramania Iyer (Tamil: ????? ????????? ??????????? ????) (19 January 1855 – 18 April 1916) was a leading Indian journalist, social reformer and freedom fighter who founded 'The Hindu' english newspaper on 20 September 1878.
He was proprietor, editor and managing director of The Hindu from 20 September 1878 to October 1898.
Also found tamil language news paper 'Swadesamitran' in 1882.