Question

Explain how the print media and newspapers became agencies of religious reform and public debate in India during the early 19th century.

Answer 1

Print media and Indian reforms

Explanation:

Print revolution helped spread information. Knowledge was no longer limited to the elites but all people had access to books and prints. This educated the people and spread the idea of freedom, nationalism and liberalism. Prints made learning easy and cheap. When people were educated, they began questioning undue authority of the colonists and church. Events happening in one part of the world influenced the people in the other regions of the world.

People started protesting against the aggression of the British colonialism and the Indian Freedom Movement gained momentum. Thus the print media and newspapers became agencies of religious reform and public debate in India during the early 19th century.