Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Mass Media and Communication

Question:
'Mirat-Ul-Akbar' publication was started by ______.
Options:
Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar
Rabindranath Tagore
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Raja Rammohan Roy
Correct Answer:
Raja Rammohan Roy
Explanation:
Though a few newspapers had been started by people before Raja Rammohun Roy, his Sambad-Kaumudi in Bengali published in 1821, and Mirat-Ul-Akbar in Persian published in 1822, were the first publications in India with a distinct nationalist and democratic approach.