Question

write brief note on the role of newspaper in the Indian struggle for independence

Answer 1

Newspaper played an important role in the days of independence and it helped the people where and what is the situation .but newspaper informs the place and time and reason
so it played a very crucial role in helping us with the situation..

Answer 2

The newspapers during freedom struggle functioned with the aims to create public awareness of various social issues, to motivate everyone to participate in the national movement and to prompt the people to treat the problem anywhere in the country as a national problem.

Indian leaders mostly depended on newspapers to propagate their nationalistic ideologies. They considered journalism as a social service. Their newspapers criticized the British policies and motivated national movement. Raja Rammohan Roy was the first to start newspaper with a national perspective. His Sambath Kaumudi in Bengali and Mirat-ul Akbar in Persian focused on social reformation, democracy and nationalism. Following his path, many reformers and national leaders published newspapers in regional languages.Realising the power of the Press, the British imposed stringent measures to control them. The Vernacular Press Act enacted by Lord Lytton in 1878 was one of them. It curbed freedom of press in regional languages. The British withdrew the Act after a massive protest. During those days, protection, circulation and reading newspapers were considered to be a part of freedom struggle.