write about the rich bengal print media abd literature during the 19th century
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Explanation:
The evolution of Newspapers in India is with the introduction of ‘Bengal Gazette’ started
by James Augustus Hicky in 1780 from Calcutta as a weekly two sheet paper. This
Newspaper paved the way for Indian freedom struggle and the fight against the social
evils in India by the way of revolutionary and enlightening writings.
Very soon other Newspapers such as Calcutta Chronicle, Madras Courier, and Bombay
Herald, Bombay Courier, Bombay Gazette entered into the scene and the Newspapers in
Hindi and other regional languages also started flourishing in the various parts of the
nation. Bengal was the birth place of Journalism in India and the language press.
‘Samachar Darpan’ was the first Indian language Newspaper which was a Bengali
weekly newspaper introduced in 1818 and the first periodical of India in Indian language
was ‘Dig Darshan’ in Bangla language started in the same year. ‘Eenadu’ was a Telugu
daily which was started by Ramoji Rao, first Gujarati Newspaper was ‘Bombay
Samachar’ which still exists and is considered as the oldest living Indian Newspaper of
India.
The prime motives to start the Newspapers in Indian languages were to promote the
feeling of patriotism and to encourage social reforms also because the society was
occupied with lots of prejudices, orthodoxies and social evils like sati pratha, child
marriage, caste discrimination, idol worship, animal sacrifice and other narrow beliefs.
Raja Rammohan Roy, who is considered as the founder of revolutionary Indian Press,
recognized the power of Newspapers and used it as a vehicle for propagating his liberal
ideas and eradicating the social evils prevailing in the Indian society. He introduced
‘Sambad Kaumudi’ in Bengali in 1821 and published the articles promoting women
education, social betterment and awakening and development of scientific outlook. His
other publications include ‘Mirat-ul-Akhbar’ in Persian and ‘Brahmanical Mag