Question

Which of the following newspapers was started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?

• A. Kesari
• B. Amrita Bazar Patrika
• C. Sambad Kaumud
• D. The Hindu

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Sambad Kaumud

Newspaper

• Raja Rammohan Roy was the first to start newspaper with a national perspective. His Sambad Kaumudi in Bengali and Mirat-ul- Akbar in Persian focused on social reformation, democracy and nationalism.

• The Vernacular Press Act enacted by Lord Lytton in 1878