Indian press – newspaper and journals before Independence

Indian press – newspaper and journals before Independence

In Indian history, many leaders, known and unknown persons contributed a very important role in independence.  At that time newspapers and journals were the most important equipment used for the revolutionary actions in Indian history. Some important newspapers and journals are listed here with founders:

Bengal Gazette

• Founded by –  James Augustus Hickey, he was an Irishman.
• Hickey was also called the father of the Indian press.
• Published in- 1780
• place- Calcutta

Madras courier

• It was the first paper of madras
• Year-1784

Bombay Herald

• The first paper from Bombay
• Year -1789
• founded by William Ashburner

Bengal Gazette (the first Bengali Newspaper)

• year- 1818
• Place- Calcutta
• Harishchandra ray

Sambad Kamudi

• published weekly in Bengal
• Year- 1821
• Founder -Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• Mirat-ul- Akbar (Persian)

Ras Goftar

• Year- 1851
• Founded/Edited  by – Dada Bhai Naoroji

Hindu Patriot

• Year- 1853
• Place- Calcutta
• Initiated by Girishchandra Ghose, Harishchandra Mukherji later became editor and owner.

Somaprakasha

• The First Bengali political paper.
• year- 1858
• Place- Calcutta
• Founded/Edited  by – Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan

Indian Mirror (in English)

• Year- 1862
• Place- Calcutta
• Founded/Edited by Devendra Nath Tagore.

Bengalee, and Amrita Bazar Patrika                           

• Year- 1862
• Place – Calcutta
• Grishchandra Ghosh, S.N Banerjee also associated with it.

Bangadarshana (Bengali)

• Year- 1873
• Place- Calcutta
• Bankimchandra Chatterji

The Hindu (English)

• Year- 1878
• Place- Madras
• Founders- G.S.Aiyar, Subbharao pandit

Deenbandhu

• Year- 1880
• Place- Bombay
• associated with Narayan meghajee

Kesari(Marathi daily) and Maratha (weekly -English )

• Year- 1881
• Place- Bombay
• Founders and editors- Tilak, Chipulunkar

Yugantar

• Year- 1906
• Place- Bengal
• Founders- Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta

Bande Mataram

• Published in Paris
• Founded by Madam Bhikaji Cama

Talvar

• Place – Berlin
• the person associated- Virendra Nath Chattopadhyay

Ghadr

• Place- San Francisco
• By Ghadr party

New India

• Year- 1914
• Annie Besant

Navjivan 

• Year- 1919
• By M.K.Gandhi
• Weekly Newspaper

young India

• Year- 1919
• By M.K. Gandhi
• weekly journal

Bahiskrit Bharat

• Year- 1927
• By B.R. Ambedkar

Bandi Jivan

• Place- Bengal
• By Sachindranath Sanyal

Harijan

• Year- 1933
• By M.K. Gandhi
• Weekly Journal

Harijan Sevak (Hindi)

• Year-1933
• By M.K Gandhi
• Harijan Bandhu in gujrati

Hindustan Dainik

• Hindi newspaper
• year- 1936
• M.M Malviya

National Herald

• Year- 1938
• Started by Jawaharlal Nehru

 

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