Question

Who was the founder of Amrita bazaar Patrika?
A. Lokmanya Tilak
B. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
C. Surendranath Banerjee.
D. Subramania Iyer.

Answer 1

Hint: : Media has played a great role in the freedom struggle of India. Many nationalists had started their journals or newspapers to expose the harmful acts and policies of the British government in public. Amrita Bazar Patrika also belongs to this category of newspapers.

Complete answer:
Amrita bazar Patrika was one of the oldest newspapers of India, which was started in $$1868$$ in the erstwhile province of Bengal. Initially, this newspaper used to be published in Bengali only, but later it came to be published in both Bengali and English. Amrita bazar Patrika was also instrumental in exposing the exploitation done by indigo planters to peasants of Bengal. It also opposed the partition of Bengal and criticized Lord Curzon in very harsh words. Amrita bazar Patrika was started by sisir Kumar Ghosh along with his brother Motilal Ghosh. Charge of sedition was also laid against this newspaper. During the reign of Lord Lytton, there came the vernacular press act of $$1878$$, which targeted the local newspapers and empowered the police to arrest the publisher in case of anything written against the British government in their columns. In this background, Amrita Bazar Patrika was converted to English only newspapers, avoiding the publishing of newspapers in the Bengali language. In this way, though in the English language, this newspaper served its motto till independence was achieved by India and set the example of courageous journalism for the media industry.
So, the correct answer is Option B.:

Note: The leader of the Russian communist party ‘Lenin’ described the Amrita Bazar Patrika as the best nationalist newspaper in India. Efforts are being made to preserve and conserve the copies of this newspaper for future generations.