Question

What were the important papers during the colonial rule?

Answer 1

Year — Newsoaoer — Founder/Place 

1816 — Bengal Gazette — James Augustus Hickey (India’s fist newspaper) 

1821 — Sampad Kaumudi Mirat-ul-Akbar — Rajaram Mohan Roy (first Indian papers with a democratic outlook.) 

1822 — Bombay Samachar — Fardoonji Marzban (Gujarati) 

1858 — Somana Prakasam — Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar (Bengali) 

1868 — The Times of India — Bombay 

1865 — The Pioneer — Allahabad 

1868 — The Madras Mail — Madras Presidency 

1875 — The Statesman — Calcutta

1876 — The Civil & Military Gazette — Lahore, Simla & Karachi