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Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?1. Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyay2. Sisir Kumar Ghosh3. Girish Chandra Ghosh4. Robert Knight

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

Amrita Bazar Patrika

Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh

Ghadar

Ghadar Party (founded by Lala Hardyal)

Harijan

Mahatma Gandhi



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