Kasturi Ranga Iyengar bought The Hindu and the National Press.

_{On April 1, 1905, Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, bought The Hindu and the National Press from Subramania Aiyer and Veeraragavachariar, providing the already influential newspaper a strong financial base. KSL was incorporated as a private limited company in 1940 and as a public limited company in 1959.}