INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Independent was started on 5 February 1919 with the primary aim of countering the moderate political line adopted by the then leading Allahabad daily The Leader. Motilal Nehru was assisted in the paper’s establishment by B G Horniman and Syed Hussain who became the Independent’s editor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ever since it was launched in 1986, The Independent has enjoyed a reputation for quality and innovation, something Andreas Whittam-Smith and his two co-founders, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds, made as a guiding principle when they conceived the idea of a new, upmarket British newspaper.

Detailed explanation-3: -1919-Started the newspaper, Independent, with Motilal Nehru.