Q3. Explain the further innovations in printing technology in the 18th century.
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(i) Handwritten manuscripts : India had a very rich and old tradition of handwritten manuscripts in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, as well as in various vernacular languages. Manuscripts were copied on palm leaves or on handmade paper.
(ii) Print came to India : The printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries in the mid 16th century.
(iii) James Hicky and print : From 1780, James Augustus Hicky began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine.
(iv) Print in the 18th century : By the close of the 18th century, a number of newspapers and journals appeared in print. The first Indian weekly i.e. Bengal Gazette also came into picture in the late 18th century
(v) Print in the 19th century : By the end of the 19th century, a visual culture started taking place. By 1870’s caricatures and cartoons were being published in journals and newspapers.
(ii) Print came to India : The printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries in the mid 16th century.
(iii) James Hicky and print : From 1780, James Augustus Hicky began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine.
(iv) Print in the 18th century : By the close of the 18th century, a number of newspapers and journals appeared in print. The first Indian weekly i.e. Bengal Gazette also came into picture in the late 18th century
(v) Print in the 19th century : By the end of the 19th century, a visual culture started taking place. By 1870’s caricatures and cartoons were being published in journals and newspapers.
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Few innovations in printing technology in the 18th century are newspapers, magazines, cartoons on politics and etc.
Explanation:
- The innovation of power-driven cylindrical machine enabled printing of thousands of sheets per hour which helped in the advent of the newspaper. Followed by the development of colour printing this could do the job with six times colour at a time.
- Innovation in the form of magazines and cartoons on political conditions involved in the 18th century. In India, this century marked the first Indian weekly publishes. Apart from this visual culture, automatic paper reels and photoelectric controls came into the scenario.
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