Question

What was the role of the press in promoting nationalistic sentiments amongst indian...!!! Ans fast plz

Answer 1

ROLE OF THE PRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN NATIONALISM

The introduction of printing press in India was an event of revolutionary significance in the life of Indian people. The awakening and growth of national consciousness among them gave rise to the nationalist press.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the nationalist press in India. Though a few papers had been started by others before him, his Sambad-Kaumudi in Bengali published in 1821, and Mirat-Ul-Akbar in Persian published in 1822, were the first publication in India with a distinct nationalist and democratic progressive orientation.

In 1822, Fardaonji Murzban, the pioneer of the Vernacular Press in Bombay, started Bombay Samachar (still in existence).

The progressive administrative measures of Lord Bentinck gave a fillip to the growth of Indian journalism. Bang Dutt (in Bengali), with the effort of Dwarkanath Tagore, Prasanna Kumar Tagore and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, was founded in 1830.

In Bombay, the Jam-e-Jamshed (in Gujarati) was started in 1831 by P.M.Motiwala. Rast Goftar andAkhbar-e-Saudagar was founded.

With the enactment of the Indian Council Act of 1861, both Indian and non-Indian Press expanded. The Times of India which supported the policy of the British Government in India was founded in Bombayin 1861. The Pioneer which supported the landowning and mercantile interests was in Allahabad in 1865.The Madras Mail which represented the interests of the European commercial community was founded in 1868. The Statesman which criticized the government as well as the Indian nationalist groups was founded in Calcutta in 1875. The Civil and Military Gazettewhich was distinctly an organ of British conservative opinion was founded in Lahore in 1878.

The nationalist press such as The Amrit Bazar Patrika, The Bengali, The Tribune of Lahore, The Hindu, Bangbasi, Basumati, The Kesari, Young India and many others were started during this period. Though the newspaper press was steadily expanding in India, the rate of its growth was slow. The primary reasons were mass illiteracy, great poverty, and repressive Press laws.

Answer 2

The role of the press is as follows :

1. It promoted the four qualities of : liberty , equality , fraternity and justice.

2. It spread awareness among the Indians so that they can understand the true nature of the British rule.

3. It united the Indians.

4. It made Indian people connected with what was happening all over the World .

5. All the atrocities committed by the British was exposed through it which made India aware about them .