History of Newspapers in India

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Well, with the entry of Europeans into India, the history of news and newspapers begins. The credit is given to the Portuguese to bring the printing press in India. In 1557, some pastoral people of Goa published the first book of India, In 1684, East India Company also established the printing press in India.


The first newspaper in India, attempted to publish by "William Board"  in 1766, but failed. 'James Augustus' credited with extracting the first newspaper in India, he published "Bengal Gazette" in 1780 AD but his press was seized for criticizing the company by the government.

Bengal Gazette

During this period some other English newspapers were published in Bengal, "Kolkata Carrier", "Asiatic Mirror", "Oriental Star" etc., printed from Bengal.


Buckingham was the first publisher who presented the press in the form of public reflection, the modern form of the press is also his gift to us. Vicky and Buckingham have an important place in the History of journalism, both of whom present the example of Neutral journalism and free writing and attract journalists to journalism.

The first Indian English newspaper was taken from Kolkata in 1800 by Gangadhar Bhattacharya, named "Bengal Gazette", it was a weekly newspaper. In March 1818, under his leadership, a monthly  magazine "Digdarshan" was published in Bengali which proved short-lived. At the same time, in the editing of Marshman, a weekly newspaper "Samachar Darpan" was published. In 1821, a weekly newspaper "Sambad Kaumudi" was published in Bengali language.

Samachar Darpan

The publication of the "Samachar Darpan" was published in the hands of Raja Rammohan Roy. The newspaper "Chandrika", was published in March 1822 showing protest of social and religious views. In April 1822 "Mirat-ul" newspaper published in Persian language and "Brahminical" magazine was published in English language. Under the restrictions imposed on the newspaper, "The Censorship of the Press act" was inacted in 1799 A.D,  also "The Licensing Regulatiom Act" implemented in 1823. Rajaram Mohan Roy's "Mirat-ul" newspaper closed due to these restrictions.

Chandrika

In 1830 AD, the publication of "Bangadatta" in Bengali was started with the efforts of Raja Rammohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore and liked Kumar Tagore. In 1831 AD, "Jam-e-Jamshed" was published in Gujarati language and "Ratta Gopatra",  "Akbar-e-Saudagar" were published in 1851 AD.

Jam-e-Jamshed

Lord William Bantik was the first Governor General to adopt a moderate view of freedom for the press. Acting Governor General Charles Metcalf removed the restrictions of 1823 AD on newspapers. He is also called as "The liberator of Indian newspapers", Macaulay also supported the freedom of the press.


After the revolt of 1857-58, newspapers in India were divided on the basis of language rather than linguistic basis. There was a huge difference in the approach of English newspapers and Indian newspapers at that time, where English newspapers had many facilities than Indian newspapers, Indian newspapers were banned. The English newspaper "English Man" was conservative and reactionary, "The Pioneer" was a full supporter of the government, "Status Man" had some factual views.

The Pioneer

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