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Write a short note on the role of newspapers in the Indian struggle for independence.
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Solution
- In the pre-independence period, newspapers became the first mass medium for circulating information and knowledge among people.
- It brought about a social and national awakening among the people and mobilised them against the oppressive British rule.
- The newspaper Darpan made people aware of certain historical events like the remarriage of Hindu widows, the danger of a Russian attack on India, etc.
- Dnyanoday shed light on the course of events that took place during the Indian War of Independence, 1857.
- Deenbandhu discussed issues relating to the masses (Bahujan samaj) of that period.
- Kesari and Maratha newspapers threw light on the social and political issues of the contemporary period.
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