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Q124
(IAS/2007)
History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Press and public opinion
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Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
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Explanation
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is credited with starting the Bengali periodical Shome Prakash (Som Prakash) in 1858. Authoritative educational material on mass media lists Vidyasagar as the founder and gives the year of inception as 1858, linking him directly to the publication [1]. Contemporary surveys of nineteenth-century Bengal’s print culture also enumerate Som Prakash among the prominent Bengali newspapers and journals of the era, corroborating its role in regional public discourse and reformist debates [2]. Given Vidyasagar’s well-known engagement with social and educational reform, founding a Bengali periodical like Shome Prakash fits his broader activities promoting vernacular education and public discussion.
Sources
- [1] https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/lesy207.pdf
- [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 29: Development of Indian Press > Development of Indian Press ✫ 559 > p. 559
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