Keywords- The Statesman, Kesari, Mirat-ul-Akhbar, The Hindu, Kasturi Ranga Iyenger, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Tilak, C R Irani
Asked in Paper II- June 2006
Person | Publications |
C R Irani | The Statesman |
Tilak | Kesari |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Mirat-ul-Akhbar |
Kasturi Ranga Iyenger | The Hindu |
Explanation-
The Statesman
- Format- Broadsheet
- Owner- The statesman Ltd
- Language- English
- Founded in- 1875
- Founded by- Robert Knight
- Periodicity- Daily
- Group- Asia News Network
- Editor-in-chief- Ravindra Kumar
- It opposed the shifting of India’s capital from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911.
- Cushrow Russi Irani was a prominent Indian journalist and the editor-in-chief of The Statesman.
Kesari
- Language- Marathi
- Founded in- 1881
- Founded by- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Published by- Kesari Maratha Trust
- Sister Publication- Maratha
Mirat-ul-Akhbar
- Language- Persian
- Founded in- 1822
- Founded by- Raja Rammohan Roy
- Periodicity- Weekly (Friday)
- India’s first Persian newspaper
The Hindu
- Format-Broadsheet
- Language- English
- Founded in- 1878
- Founder- G. Subramania Iyer
- Periodicity- Daily
- Owner- The Hindu Group, and Kasturi and Sons Limited
- Editor in Chief- Mukund Padmanabhan