Question

Analyse the statement "the printing press played a major role in shaping the Indian society of the 19th century"

Answer 1

Answer:

printing press played a major role in shaping the Indian society of 19 th century because it helped the pople to unite and strengthen the nation movement

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Answer 2

Answer:

The printing press indeed played a major role in the nineteenth century in India as:-

1. Many debates and dialogues were observed due to print in India. Debates over matters like idolatory and women education were common.
2. Rammohun Roy in 1821, published Sambad Kaumudi and the Hindu orthodoxy commissioned Samachar Chandraika to oppose his opinions.
3. Due to printing press, printed material was ample.
4. Poor people also began to read the penny book meant for them and started educating themselves.
5. Mill workers began to read books and even published their own books.
6. For example, Kashibaba, a Kanpur millworker, wrote Chhote Aur Bade ka Sanwal.
7. Caste discrimination also began to be written about.
8. Jyotiba Phule wrote about these injustices in his Gulamgiri.
9. Even women began to read books and some even published a few books.
10. Examples of such women were Tarabai Shinde, Rashsundari Debi, Kailashbashini Debi and more more.
11. A message of nationalism was also spread through print.
12. When Punjab revolutionaries were deported in 1907, Balgangadhar Tilak wrote in his Kesari.
13. Hemce, print and printing press played an important role in the nineteenth century India.

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