INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

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Who edited ‘Basumati’, the oldest Bengali Daily paper?
A
Anand Mohan Bose
B
Barinder Ghosh
C
V. D. Savarkar
D
Surya Sen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dainik Basumati, one of the oldest Bengali Daily papers, was edited by Barindra Kumar Ghosh, younger brother of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: Barinder Kumar Ghosh was born at Norwood near London on 5th January in 1880. He was a younger brother of Aurobindo Ghosh. In 1906, to spread the revolutionary ideas and to provide fervor to Swadeshi movement, he started a Bengali weekly-“the jugantar”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Barindra Kumar Ghosh, born on 5th January 1880 in Norwood near London, was a famous Journalist and Indian revolutionary. In 1906, he co-founded the Bengali weekly “Jugantara” to spread the revolutionary ideas and to ignite passion for the Swadeshi movement among its readers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sambad Prabhakar (also Sangbad Prabhakar; Bengali: ) was a Bengali daily newspaper founded by Ishwar Chandra Gupta. It began as a weekly newspaper in 1831 and became a daily eight years later in 1839. It was the first Bengali daily newspaper.

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