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NEWSPAPER AND JOURNALS Flashcards

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India Gazette founder/editor?

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1787, Calcutta– Henry Louis Vivian Derozio associated with it.

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Indian Herald (in English) founder/editor?

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1795, Madras– started by R. Williams (English-man) and published by Humphreys.

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Digdarshana (first Bengali monthly) was started by?

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Published by the Srirampur (Serampore) Baptist Mission and edited by John Clark Marshman who was the son of missionary Joshua Marshman in 1818 Calcutta.

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Calcutta Journal was started by?

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1818 by J.S. Buckingham.

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Bengal Gazette (first Bengali newspaper) was started by?

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1818, Calcutta by Harishchandra Ray.

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Sambad Kaumudi (weekly in Bengali) started by?

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Raja Rammohan Roy in 1821.

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Mirat-ul-Akbar (first journal in Persian) started by?

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1822, Calcutta- Raja Rammohan Roy.

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Jam-i-Jahan Numah (First paper in Urdu) was started by?

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An English firm in 1822, Calcutta.

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Banga Duta (a weekly in four languages– English, Bengali, Persian, Hindi) was started by?

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1822, Calcutta by Rammohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore and others.

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Bombay Samachar (first paper in Gujarati) was started by?

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Established in 1822 by Fardunjee Marzban.

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East Indian (daily) was started by?

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Henry Louis Vivian Derozio in 19th century.

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Bombay Times (from 1861 onwards, The times of India) was started by?

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Foundation laid by Robert Knight, started by Thomas Bennet in 1838.

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Rast Goftar was started by?

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1851 by Dadabhai Naoroji.

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Hindu Patriot was started by?

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1853, Calcutta by Girishchandra Ghosh (later, Harishchandra Mukerji became owner cum editor).

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Somaprakasha (First Bengali political paper) was started by?

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1858, Calcutta by Dwarkanath Vidyabhushan.

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Indian Mirror (fortnightly first Indian daily paper in English) was started by?

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Early 1862, by Devendranath Tagore.

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National Paper was started by?

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1865, Calcutta by Debendranath Tagore.

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Madras mail (first evening paper in India) was started by?

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Charles Lawson and Henry Cornish on 14 December 1868, Madras.

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Bangadarshana (in Bengali) was started by?

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1873, Calcutta by Bankimchandra Chatterji.

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Indian Statesman (later, the Statesman) was started by?

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Robert Knight, 1875, Calcutta.

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The Hindu (in English)— started as weekly by?

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  • G.S. Aiyar, Viraraghavachari and Subba Rao Pandit (among the founders), 1878, Madras.
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Tribune (daily) was started by?

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Dayal Singh Majeetia in 1881, Lahore.

23
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People associated with Kesari (Marathi daily) and Maharatta (English weekly)?

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  • Started in 1881, Bombay.
  • Tilak, Chiplunkar, Agarkar (before Tilak, Agarkar and Prof Kelkar were the editors respectively).
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Publisher of Paridasak (a weekly)?

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Bipin Chandra Pal in 1886.

25
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Free Hindustan was started by?

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Taraknath Das in Vancouver.

26
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Newspaper Reshwa was started by?

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Ajit Singh before 1908.

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Bombay Chronicle (a daily) was started by?

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  • Started by Pherozeshah Mehta in 1913.
  • Editor– B.G. Horniman (Englishman).
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The Hindustan Times founded by?

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By K.M. Panikkar as part of the Akali Dal Movement, in 1920, Delhi.

29
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The Milap (Urdu daily) was founded by?

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By M.K. Chand in 1923, Lahore.

30
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Leader (in English) was founded by?

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Madan Mohan Malaviya.

31
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Kirti newspaper was founded by?

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Santosh Singh in 1926, Punjab.

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Bahishkrit Bharat (Marathi fortnightly) was founded by?

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1927, B.R. Ambedkar.

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Kranti newspaper was founded by?

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Ghate in 1927, Maharashtra.

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Langal and Ganabani was founded by?

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Gopu Chakravarti and Dharani Goswami 1927, Bengal.

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National Herald (daily) was founded by?

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Jawaharlal Nehru in 1938.

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