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history of newspapers in India
- 1st Printing Press was established by Portuguese Saint Ignatius in Goa in 1556.
- British had established a printing press in Bombay in 1684.
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News Papers, Journals before 1900
Before 1850
| Year | Name | Writer / Editor | Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1780 | Bengal Gazette 29 Jan | J. K. Hikki | 1st newspaper in India & Asia |
| 1784 | Madras Courier | 1st newspaper from Madras | |
| 1787 | India Gazette | ||
| 1789 | Bombay Herald | 1st newspaper from Bombay | |
| 1818 | Digdarshana | J C Marhman | 1st Bengali monthly |
| Samachar Darpan 23 May | William Carey J C Marhman | 1st Bengali newspaper Baptist Mission Press, Serampore, Bengal | |
| 1819 | Samvad Kaumudi | Editor - Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay Owner - Ram Mohan Roy | 1st Bengali weekly newspaper 1st issue 4 Dec 1821 |
| 1822 | Mirat-ul-Akbar | Raja Ram Mohan Roy | 1st Persian language journal |
| Bangaduta | Rammohun Roy Dwarkanath Tagore | 1st paper in 4 language | |
| Bombay Samachar | 1st paper in Gujrati | ||
| 1826 | Udant Martand | Jugal Kishore Shukla | 1st Hindi weekly Kolkata |
| 1838 | Bombay Times | Times of India 1861 | |
| 1839 | Sambad Prabhakar | Ishwar Chandra Gupta | 1st Bengali Daily |
| 1843 | Tattwabodhini Patrika 16 Aug | Debendranath Tagore Vidyasagar Akshay Kumar Datta | journal of the Tattwabodhini Sabha Kolkata |
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1850 to 1874
| Year | Name | Writer / Editor | Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | Rast Goftar | Dadabhai Naoroji | Bombay English & Gujarati daily newspaper |
| 1852 | Vichar Lahiri | Krushnashastri Chiplunkar | |
| 1853 | Hindoo Patriot | Girish Chandra Ghosh Harish Chandra Mukerji | English weekly Mouthpiece for indigo planters |
| 1855 | Dinavartamani | Tamil-Telugu weekly, Madras | |
| Bidhobabivah | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar | Book on widow’s right to remarry | |
| 1858 | Somprakash 15 Nov | Editor - Dwarakanath Vidyabhusan | original plan was suggested by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| 1860 | Neel Darpan | Dinabandhu Mitra translated by Michael Madhusudan Dutta published by Reverend James Long | Play on Indigo Revolt |
| 1862 | Indian Mirror | Devendra Nath Tagore Manmohan Ghosh | |
| The Bengalee | Girish Chandra Ghosh Surendranath Banerjee | ||
| 1863 | Gram Barta Prokashika | Kangal Harinath Majumder | newspaper, Kolkata |
| 1864 | Native Opinion | V.N. Mandalik | |
| 1865 | Durgeshnandini | Bankim Chandra | 1st Benagali Novel |
| The Pioneer | George Allen | Allahabad | |
| 1867 | National Paper | Nabagopal Mitra Debendranath Tagore | English weekly |
| Kavivachan Sudha | Bhartendu Harishchandra | ||
| 1868 | Amrita Bazar Patrika 20 Feb | Sisir Kumar Ghosh Motilal Ghosh | Jessore district, Bangladesh moved to Calcutta and became bilingual weekly in 1871. Lenin described ABP as the best nationalist paper in India. |
| Madras Mail | 1st evening paper in India | ||
| 1870 | Bharat Sramajivi | Sasipada Banerji | 1st Indian journal of the working class |
| Sulabh Samachar 16 Nov | Umanath Gupta | Weekly newspaper by Indian Reform Association | |
| 1871 | Bahubivah | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar | Book on banning of polygamy |
| Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan | ||
| Indian Musalmans | William Wilson Hunter | Book British policy ‘Divide and Rule’ | |
| 1873 | Gulamgiri | Jyotirao Phule | Book |
| Bangadarshana | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
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1875 to 1899
| Year | Name | Writer / Editor | Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | The Statesman | Rebert Knight | |
| Satyarth Prakash | Swami Dayananda Saraswati | book | |
| 1878 | The Hindu | G. Subramania Iyer Suresh Nambath (Editor) | Chennai |
| 1880 | Dainik Basumati | Upendranath Mukhopadhyay | |
| 1881 | Gaukarunanidhi | Dayanand Sawasati | Pamphlet, cow protection |
| Kesari | B.G. Tilak Gopal Ganesh Agarkar V K Chiplunkar | Marathi Newspaper | |
| Mahratta | B.G. Tilak Gopal Ganesh Agarkar V K Chiplunkar | English Newspaper | |
| The Tribune | Dyal Singh Majithia | Lahore | |
| 1882 | Ananda Math | Bankim chandra Chatterji | Book Inspired by Sannyasi Rebellion "Vande Mataram" song is a part |
| Swadeshamitram | G. Subramania Iyer | Tamil newspaper | |
| 1883 | Sanjibani journal | Krishna Kumar Mitra | Mouthpiece of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. 1st announce the partition of Bengal on 6th July 1905. 13 July 1905 'Boycott' was first declared on it. |
| Voice of India | Dadabhai Naoroji | Bombay | |
| Deepika | Nidhiry Mani Kathanar | Malayalam newspaper | |
| 1888 | Sudharak | G.K. Gokhale | Newspaper |
| Plain Tales from the Hills | Rudyard Kipling | Book, Calcutta | |
| 1890 | Malayala Manorama | Kandathil Varghese Mappillai | Malayalam newspaper |
| 1893 | New Lamps for Old | Aurobindo Ghosh | published in the Indu Prakash journal |
| 1895 | Parivrajak | Swami Vivekananda | Book |
| 1896 | Mahayatra | Radhanath Ray | Book, Orissa |
| Prabuddha Bharata | Swami Vivekananda | English monthly journal | |
| 1899 | Udbodhan | Swami Vivekananda Editor - Trigunatitananda | Bengali publication of Ramakrishna Math |
| Bartaman Bharat | Swami Vivekananda | Essay Published in Udbodhan | |
| Udbodhana | Swami Vivekananda | Magazine | |
| The Sunset of the Century | Rabindranath Tagore |
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News Papers, Journals after 1900
1900 to 1915
| Year | Name | Writer / Editor | Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | O Heraldo | António Messias Gomes | Goa 1st daily Portuguese newspaper |
| 1901 | Poverty and Un-British Rule in India | Dadabhai Naoroji | Book 'drain of wealth' theory |
| The economic history of India | Romesh Chandra Dutt | Book | |
| 1903 | Indian Opinion 6 June | M. K Gandhi | Natal province, South Africa |
| 1905 | Bande Mataram | Aurobindo Ghosh | |
| The Indian Socialist | Shyamji Krishnaverma | Started in London, from 1907 in Paris | |
| 1906 | Sandhya | B.B. Upadhyaya | |
| Yugantar | Barinda Ghose | ||
| Kal | Maharastra | ||
| Bharat Mata | Ajit Singh | Journal Anjumann-i-Mohabtteien | |
| 1909 | Bande Mataram (Paris) | Madam Kama | Paris |
| Indian War of Independence | V D Savarkar | Marathi language book. nationalist history of the 1857 revolt | |
| The Leader 24 Oct | Madan Mohan Malviya | Allahabad Most influencer | |
| Hind Swaraj | M. K Gandhi | Book in Gujarati language. Traveling from London to South Africa. Ship -SS Kildonan Castle His views on Swaraj | |
| 1910 | Bombay Chronicle | Firoze Shah Mehta | |
| Talwar | Birendra Nath Chattopadhyaya | Barlin | |
| 1911 | Comrade | Maulana Mohammad Ali | |
| The Hitavada | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Nagpur | |
| Kerala Kaumudi | C. V. Kunhiraman | Thiruvananthapuram | |
| 1912 | Al-Balagh | Abul Kalam Azad | Urdu weekly newspaper |
| Al-Hilal | Abul Kalam Azad | Urdu weekly | |
| 1913 | Pratap | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi | Hindi newspaper |
| Hindustan Ghadar | Yugantar Ashram (Ghadar Party) | San Francisco | |
| 1914 | New India | Annie Besant | |
| 1915 | Commonweal | Annie Besant |
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1916 to 1930
| Year | Name | Writer / Editor | Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Independent | Motilal Nehru | |
| Young India | M. K Gandhi | ||
| Tarun Bharat | Baburao Thakur | Belgaum, Marathi newspaper | |
| The Samaja | Gopabandhu Das | Cuttack, Odia newspaper | |
| 1920 | Mook Nayak | B.R. Ambedkar | Marathi weekly |
| Free Press of India | Swaminathan Sadanand | 1st National news agency | |
| 1921 | Saurashtra weekly (Phulchhab) | Zaverchand Meghani | Gujarati newspaper |
| 1922 | Indian Socialist | S A Dange | 1st communist Journal |
| Vanguard | M N Roy | Communist Journal | |
| Bandi Jivan | Sachindranath Sanyal | ||
| Anandabazar Patrika | Suresh Majumdar Prafulla Sarkar | Bengali daily | |
| 1923 | Nava Kaal | Prabhakar Khadilkar | Marathi daily |
| Mathrubhumi | K. P. Kesava Menon | Malayalam newspaper | |
| 1924 | Hindustan Times | Sunder Singh Lyallpuri K.M. Pannikar | |
| 1925 | Kudi Arasu | Periyar E. V. Ramasamy | Tamil magazine |
| A Nation is Making | S. N. Banerjee | Book | |
| 1926 | Future of Indian Politics | M N Roy | Communist Journal |
| The Hindu view of life | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Book | |
| 1927 | Kranti | Mirakar, Joglekar, Ghate. | Maharashtra |
| 1928 | Unhappy India | Lala Lajpat Rai | Book |
| 1929 | Nav Jeevan | M. K Gandhi | |
| The Cult of Bomb | M. K Gandhi | Article | |
| The Philosophy of Bomb | Bhagwati Charan Vohra | Manifesto Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) |
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After 1930
| Year | Name | Writer / Editor | Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Harijan | M. K Gandhi | |
| 1935 | The Indian Struggle | Subhas Chandra Bose | Autobiography |
| 1936 | Free Hindustan | Tarak Nath Das | |
| Hindustan | M.M. Malviya | Hindi newspaper | |
| 1939 | Life Divine | Aurobindo Ghosh | book |
| 1941 | Dawn | Mohammad Ali Jinnah | Delhi English Newspaper Mouthpiece for Muslim League |
| 1942 | Biplabi | Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar | newspaper Tamluk, Purba Medinipur |
| 1946 | India Divided | Rajendra Prasad | Book |
| 1947 | Navjivan 1 Nov | Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru | Hindi newspaper, Delhi |
| The Nations Voice | C Rajagopalachari Mahadev H Desai | Book | |
| Subh-e-Azadi | Faiz Ahmed Faiz | Poem | |
| 1955 | At the feet of Mahatma Gandhi | Rajendra Prasad | Book |
| 1956 | The Story of the Integration of the Indian States | V. P. Menon | Book |
| 1957 | The Transfer of Power in India | V. P. Menon | Book |
| 1958 | A Bunch of Old Letters | Jawaharlal Nehru | Book |
| 1959 | India Wins Freedom | Abul Kalam Azad | Book |
| 1961 | The Unity of India | Rajendra Prasad | Book |
| 1966 | Geography of Puranas | Syed Muzafer Ali | Book |
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