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Q72 (NDA-I/2012) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Press and public opinion Answer Verified

Which one among the following was a newspaper founded and edited by Raja Rammohan Roy?

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Raja Rammohan Roy, often hailed as the 'Father of Indian Journalism', founded and edited the Persian-language weekly newspaper 'Mirat-ul-Akhbar' (Mirror of News) in 1822 [1]. This publication was the first Persian journal in India and served as a platform for Roy to communicate his political and social views to the educated elite. In addition to this, he published the Bengali weekly 'Sambad Kaumudi' starting in 1821 [2]. In contrast, 'The Calcutta Gazette' was a government-supported publication founded in 1784, and 'Harijan' was a later magazine started by Mahatma Gandhi. Roy's journalistic efforts were pioneering in using the press as a tool for social reform and intellectual discourse during the Indian Renaissance. He eventually ceased the publication of 'Mirat-ul-Akhbar' in 1823 as a protest against the restrictive Press Regulations of the British government [1].

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  1. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirat-ul-Akhbar
  2. [2] India and the Contemporary World – II. History-Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World > 7 Religious Reform and Public Debates > p. 121
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