Question

Write short note on

The role of newspaper in the Indian struggle for independence

Answer 1

1. In the pre-independence period, newspapers became the first mass medium of circulating information and knowledge among people. 
2. It brought about social and national awakening among the people and mobilised them against the oppressive British rule.

1. The newspaper Darpan made people aware of certain historical events like remarriage of Hindu widows, the danger of Russian attack on India, etc.
2. Dnyanoday shed light on the course of events which took place during the Indian War of Independence, 1857.
3. Deenbandhu discussed issues relating to the masses (Bahujan samaj) of that period. 
4. Kesari and Mahratta newspapers threw light on the social and political issues of the contemporary period.