History & Civics
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- The Press and the literature played a big role in carrying nationalist ideas to the people.
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the nationalist journals in India. There had been a strict censorship on the publication of papers and journals. He waged legal battle against press regulations.
- Dadabhai Naoroji edited 'Rast Goftar' in Gujarati.
- Raja Rammohan Roy's 'Samvad Kaumudi' in Bengali, Dadabhai's paper 'Rast Goftar' in Gujarati and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's journal 'Shome Prakash' in Bengali had a distinct nationalist character.
- English dailies, such as 'The Times of India' founded in 1861, the 'Pioneer' in 1865 and the 'Statesman' in 1875 supported the policies of the government, yet they kept people informed of rapid political developments in the country.
- The Amrit Bazar Patrika started as the Anglo Bengali weekly in 1867. Later it was converted into an English daily. The 'Tribune' was started in Lahore in 1877 and the 'Hindu' started in Madras in 1878.
- Great was the influence of these papers in fostering patriotism and ideas of liberty and justice in the country.
- Through his writings in the 'Kesari' and the 'Mahratta' Bal Gangadhar Tilak spread the gospel of freedom and natural rights. The people were asked to unite and work for national welfare.
Related Questions
Choose the options that DO NOT apply to the immediate objectives of the Indian National Congress.
P- To prevent national workers from all parts of India from becoming personally known to each other.
Q- To end all racial, religious, and provincial prejudices to promote national unity.
R- To formulate popular demands on vital Indian problems and their presentation before the government.
S- To manipulate the public opinion.- P and Q
- Q and R
- P and S
- R and S
It was because of the efforts made by Raja Rammohan Roy that …………… , the Governor-General of India, passed a law in 1829 making the practice of sati illegal and punishable by law.
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Wellesley
- Lord William Bentinck
- Lord Canning
To benefit British industry, British rule pursued a policy of free trade in India. The nationalists were generally concerned about the lack of public investment in agriculture and argued that the British were trying to turn India into a valuable source of raw materials and a consumer of British-manufactured goods to make India an extension of the British economy.
(Source: History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra.)
Discuss how the British empire deindustrialised India.
How did the introduction of English as the medium of instruction help the Indians?