Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Sisir Kumar Ghosh
The correct answer is Sisir Kumar Ghosh.
- Amrita Bazar Patrika was started in 1868 by two brothers, Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh.
- The newspaper was accused of sedition and in an attempt to crackdown on the media, Lord Lytton, the then Viceroy of India, promulgated the Vernacular Press Act, in 1878.
- The newspaper continued with its intrepid reporting and vehemently opposed the partition of Bengal in 1905.
- It described Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India at the time of the partition of Bengal, as 'Young and a little foppish, and without previous training but invested with unlimited powers.'
Notes: Newspaper | Founder |
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Amrita Bazar Patrika | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh | Ghadar | Ghadar Party (founded by Lala Hardyal) | Harijan | Mahatma Gandhi |
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