Study of Journalism

DATE: 29-11-2010

Name: Sameer G. Kulkarni

Course Name: MSc MCAJ, Semester-1

1. Lokmanya Tilak

Newspaper Name: Kesari

Establishment Year: 1880

Newspaper Name: The Maratha (English)

Establishment Year: 1881

Objective: The contents were generally about the people's sufferings under the British. These newspapers called upon every Indian to fight for his or her rights.

2. Mahatma Gandhi

Newspaper Name: Harijan

Establishment Year:

Newspaper Name: Young India

Establishment Year:

Objective: One of the objects of the newspapers was to understand the popular feeling and give expression to it; another was to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments, and the third is fearlessly expose popular defects.

3. Babasaheb Ambedkar

Magazine Name: Bahishkrit Bharat

Establishment Year: 1927

Objective: Through this journal, Mr. Ambedkar clarified his own ideas on the various aspects of the movement that he had initiated.

4. Mahatma Phule

Publication Name: Deenbandhu Publication

Establishment Year: 1873

Objective: Deenbandhu publication, the mouthpiece of the Satya Shodhak Samaj, played an important role in SatyaShodhak Samaj’s movement to liberate the Shudras and Ati Shudras.

5. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Newspaper Name: Sambad Kaumudi (Weekly)

Establishment Year: 1821

*Sambad Kaumudi became bi-weekly in January 1830 and continued for 33 years.

Magazine Name: Mirat-ul-Akbar (Persian)

Establishment Year: 1822

Objectives: Being an activist, he steadily opposed social atrocities like Sati and child marriage through his publications.

6. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Newspaper Name: Kesari

Establishment Year: 1880

*He was the first editor of Kesari, which was started by Lokmanya Tilak. He subsequently left Kesari out of ideological differences with Mr. Tilak concerning the primacy of political reform versus social reform;