Raja ram mohan ro yppt

Raja ram mohan ro yppt

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  { Submitted by NAVAMI. P
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  Born on 22may 1772 in Bengal He was a social reformer, linguist, educationist and journalist died on September 27, 1833
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  Known as thefather of modern Indian language journalism Roy published journals in English, Hindi, Persian and Bengali. Brahminical Magazine, the Brahmin Sevadhi, the Sambad kaumudi, the Mirat- ul-Akbar and the Bengal Herald.
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  John Adams enactedPress regulation Act of 1823 stating every newspaper had to obtain a license from the head of the government Roy stood for a free press Presented a petition to Supreme Court to protest against Press regulation Act Rejected by Supreme court later another sent to King, also ignored.
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  The Samachar Darpanby the Serampore Christian Missionaries had launched criticism of Vedanta Philosophy. The objective of Brahmanical magazine which in English was to attack the criticism made by Samachar Darpan The motto of the magazine was as“ the vindication of the Hindu religion against Christian Missionaries.
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  Founded in 1821 Theprimary object of its publication was to promote the 'public good‘ It was the main vehicle of his campaign against sati Wrote article about East India jury Bill Stopped publication in October 1822 then reappeared and ceased in 1836
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  Persian weekly Persian wasthe court language and was widely used by people Editorials talked about the monotheism, women should get equal property rights as men and social issues Shut it down in 1823 in protest against press regulation act
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  A weekly newspaperpublished in four languages Roy, Dwarakanath Tagore and Prassanna Kumar Tagore were its proprietors Montgomery Martin was its editor of the English Neel Rattan was the editor of the Hindi