Question

Find out about the first few newspapers and magazines
published in independent India. Present a short report on
any two.

Answer 1

Answer:

Bengal Gazette, Kesari, Hindustan Times, Bombay Samachar, etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Bengal Gazette
2. Satyavani
3. Manushi
4. Natarang

Explanation:

Bengal Gazette:

• On 29th of January 1780, India’s and Asia’s first printed newspaper ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette’ started its publication
• It was a weekly English newspaper started by an Irishman.
• Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was also called as the Original Calcutta General Advertiser.

Satyavani:

• Satyavani came into existence as an alternative source of information, as mainstream media failed to report the daily life under the Emergency period.

Manushi:

• Founded and edited by academician, activist and writer Madhu Kishwar it was a journal about women and society.

Natarang:

• Natarang had a special focus on regional theatre.
• Poet Nemichand Jain started this journal.

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