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On May 30, 1826 Udant Martand (The Rising Sun), the first Hindi-language newspaper published in India, started from Calcutta (now Kolkata), published every Tuesday by Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla. [34] [35] Maulawi Muhammad Baqir in 1836 founded the first Urdu-language newspaper the Delhi Urdu Akhbar. India's press in the 1840s was a motley ...
Moulvi Muhammad Baqir (1780–1857) was a scholar, an Indian independence activist and journalist based in Delhi. [1] He was the first journalist to be executed following rebellion in 1857. [2] He was arrested on 16 September 1857 and executed by gunshot two days later without trial. [3][4][5] He was the founder and editor of Delhi Urdu Akhbar.
The French established the first newspaper in Africa in Mauritius in 1773. First newspaper in Mauritius. Published weekly from 1773-01-13 to at least 1790 by Nicolas Lambert in Mauritius. First newspaper in South Africa. Published weekly from 1800-08-16 to at least 1829 by the British Government in South Africa.
Diwan Buta Singh (born 1826) was a Sikh official, journalist, writer, and printer. [1] [2] [3] He served as Maharani Jind Kaur's household minister ( diwan) and was the vice-president of the Lahore Singh Sabha. [1] According to Kuka literature, he was the first man to print a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib, the primary Sikh scripture.
The Adventures of Azad, also romanized as Fasana-i-Azad) is an Urdu novel by Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar. It was serialized in Avadh Akhbar between 1878 and 1883 before it was published in four large volumes by the Nawal Kishore Press. The story follows a wandering character named Azad and his companion, Khoji, from the streets of late-nineteenth ...
The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. [1] In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country. Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.) Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: The Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun. [2]
Contents. History of newspaper publishing. The modern newspaper is a European invention. [ 1 ] The oldest direct handwritten news sheets circulated widely in Venice as early as 1566. These weekly news sheets were full of information on wars and politics in Italy and Europe. The first printed newspapers were published weekly in Germany from 1605.
The history of the Mainichi Shimbun began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper [citation needed] with its 136-year history. The Osaka Mainichi Shimbun was founded four years later, in 1876.