Question

Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

Answer 1

The print culture immensely helped the growth in the growth of nationalism in India in the following ways -

• Through vernacular press, oppressive methods of colonial rule were reported.
• The misrule of government and its initiative on curbing the freedom of press spread the nationalist ideas that demanded freedom of press.
• Nationalist feelings and revolutionary ideas were secretly spread by the dailies like - The Amrit Bazar Patrika, The Indian Mirror, Kesri, The Hindu, Bombay Samachar etc. Through these newspapers national leaders always tried to mobilize public opinion of Indian masses and unite them for the cause of nationalism.
• The print culture helped in educating the people who then started to be gradually influenced by the reformist and nationalist ideas of the various Indian leaders like Raja Ram Mohun Roy, Tilak, Subhas Bose and Gandhiji etc.