Question

Explain the role of mass media in the independence movement of India. ​

Answer 1

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Soon after the printing press came to India in 18th century, there were efforts to start newspapers. Initially, the British residents in India started the weeklies and then dailies. For example, the first newspaper, The Bengal Gazette, in India was published on January 29, 1780 by James Augustus Hicky, which came be popularly known as Hicky’s Gazette. Gradually, the number increased and Madras, Bombay and Delhi became the centres of publishing newspapers and magazines by the mid-19th century.

Of course, the first newspapers were published in English language, but soon Indian language newspapers also appeared. Samachar Darpan (1818), published in Bengali, was the first newspaper in an Indian language. The Bengal Gazetti, the second Bengali newspaper, appeared in the same year. The first Gujarati newspaper Bombay Samachar started in 1822 and was published from Bombay. The first Hindi newspaper, the Samachar Sudha Varsh

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Answer 2

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