HistoryModern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

In which languages were the contemporary newspapers that tracked Maha…

In which languages were the contemporary newspapers that tracked Mahatma Gandhi's movements published?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → English as well as the different Indian languages

Option (1) English, read mainly by officials and the educated class — Incorrect. English papers did report on Gandhi, but they were only one part of the press that followed him.

Option (2) Gujarati and Hindi, the languages Gandhi often wrote in — Incorrect. Gandhi did write in Gujarati and Hindi, but the papers that tracked him were not limited to these two languages.

Option (3) English as well as the different Indian languages — Correct. Newspapers in English and in many Indian languages followed Gandhi's movements and reported on his activities, so they show how people across India saw him.

Option (4) English and Gujarati, from the presses of Bombay — Incorrect. Bombay papers in English and Gujarati covered him, but papers in the other Indian languages also tracked his movements.

NCERT (2026-27): “6.4 From newspapers
One more important source is contemporary newspapers, published in English as well as in the different Indian languages, which tracked Mahatma Gandhi’s movements and reported on his activities, and also represented what ordinary Indians thought of him.”