Write a brief note on the development of print culture in India?
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Answer:Print culture helped in initiating new debate on religious, social and political issues in India. Many existing religious practices were criticized. Rammohun Roy published Sambad Kaumudi from 1821 to criticize the orthodox views in the Hinduism. The Hindu orthodoxy commissioned the Samachar Chandrika to counter his opinions. In 1822, publication of two Persian newspapers began, viz. Jam – i- Jahan Nama and Shamsul Akhbar. Bombay Samachar; a Gujarati newspaper appeared in the same year.
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Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at Cochin. They printed the first Malayalam book in 1713. From 1780, James Augustus Hickey began to edit the Bengal Gazette. ... Print culture helped in initiating new debate on religious, social and political issues in India.