Newspapers And Magazines And Their Founders During The Freedom Struggle - General Knowledge of Modern India
Newspapers During Freedom Struggle
(01) Name of the first newspaper of British India.
Ans. Bengal Gazette (English newspaper, 1780) by James Augustus Hicky
(02) Name of the first Bengali newspaper.
Ans. Samvad Kaumudi (Bengali weekly newspaper 1819), Ram Mohan Roy
(03) Name of the first Persian language journal.
Ans. Mirat-ul-Akbar (1823), Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(04) Second english newspaper.
Ans. Hindoo Patriot (1853, weekly) by Madhusudan Ray
(05) First Gujarati newspaper.
Ans. Rast Goftar (1854), Dadabhai Naoroji
(06) Som Prakesh (1858) Weekly Newspaper - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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(07) Indian Mirror (1862) Newspaper - Devendra Nath Tagore
(08) Amrita Bazar Patrika (1868) Newspaper - Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh
(09) Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq (1871) Journal - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(10) Hindu Newspaper (1878) - Vir Raghavacharya and G.S. Aiyar
(11) Kesari Marathi (1881) Newspaper - B.G. Tilak
(12) Sudharak (1888) Newspaper - Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
(13) Prabuddha Bharata (1896) English monthly journal - P. Aiyasami, B. R. Rajam Iyer, G. G. Narasimhacharya, and B. V. Kamesvara Iyer at the behest of Swami Vivekananda
(14) Udbodhana (1899) Magazine - Swami Vivekananda
(15) Indian Opinion (1903) Newspaper - M. K Gandhi
(16) Bande Mataram (1905) English language newspaper - Aurobindo Ghosh
(17) Bombay Chronicle (1910) English newspaper - Firoze Shah Mehta
(18) Comrade Weekly (1911) English newspaper - Maulana Mohammad Ali
(19) Al-Balagh (1912) Urdu weekly newspaper - Abul Kalam Azad
(20) Al-Hilal (1912) Urdu weekly newspaper - Abul Kalam Azad
(21) Pratap (1913) Hindi newspaper - Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
(22) New India (1914) English daily newspaper - Annie Besant
(23) Independent (1919) Newspaper - Motilal Nehru
(24) Young India (1919) Weekly journal - M. K Gandhi
(25) Mook Nayak (1920) Marathi weekly - B.R. Ambedkar
(26) Hindustan Times (1924) English daily newspaper - Sunder Singh Lyallpuri
(27) Nav Jeevan (1929) Weekly newspaper - M. K Gandhi
(28) Harijan (1932) Weekly journal - M. K Gandhi
(29) Free Hindustan (1936) Journal - Tarak Nath Das
(30) Hindustan (1936) Dainik Hindi newspaper - M.M. Malviya
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