The Leader (24 October September 1967 ) was one of the most influential English language newspapers in India during British Raj. It was founded by Madan Mohan Malviya, was published from Allahabad. Under C. Y. Chintamani, a dynamic editor from 1909 to it acquired a large readership in North India. 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.