Indian mirror was published in Calcutta, West Bengal.
Started by Devendra Nath Tagore in 1862, the newspaper was published in English. It was owned by Keshab Chandra Sen, and one of the editors of the newspaper was Manmohan Ghosh.
Later, Pratap Mazoomdar compiled and edited the newspaper. Narendra Nath Sen, the founder of the Theosophical Society of Bengal, made significant contributions to the newspaper.
Devendra Nath Tagore was a philosopher and religious reformer. He founded the Brahmo religion, opposed idol worship, the practice of Sati, and rejected the idea of Vedas. He also founded the Shantiniketan(Abode of Peace) in 1863.
He was known as “Maharishi” or Great Sage.
Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper published in India. It was published in Kolkota in 1780 by James Augustus Hickey.
Madras Courier (1785) and the Bombay Herald ( 1789) were published immediately after the Bengal Gazette.
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