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Q. With reference to Indian Press during the colonial period, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q. With reference to Indian Press during the colonial period, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Open in App
Solution
The correct option is C 1 and 2 only
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: Bengal Gazette was the first English-language newspaper published on the Indian subcontinent. It was founded in Calcutta, capital of British India at the time, by Irishman James Augustus Hicky in 1779.
Statement 2 is correct: The new Press Act (1835) required a printer/publisher to give a precise account of premises of a publication and cease functioning, if required by a similar declaration.
Statement 3 is incorrect: In 1883, Surendranath Banerjea became the first Indian journalist to be imprisoned. He was arrested as he had criticised a judge of the Calcutta High Court for being insensitive to the religious sentiments of Bengalis in one of his judgements in an editorial in ‘The Bengalee’.
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: Bengal Gazette was the first English-language newspaper published on the Indian subcontinent. It was founded in Calcutta, capital of British India at the time, by Irishman James Augustus Hicky in 1779.
Statement 2 is correct: The new Press Act (1835) required a printer/publisher to give a precise account of premises of a publication and cease functioning, if required by a similar declaration.
Statement 3 is incorrect: In 1883, Surendranath Banerjea became the first Indian journalist to be imprisoned. He was arrested as he had criticised a judge of the Calcutta High Court for being insensitive to the religious sentiments of Bengalis in one of his judgements in an editorial in ‘The Bengalee’.
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