The Free Press Journal
Circulation 154,000 | | |
Sister newspapers | Navshakti | |
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Website | www |
The Free Press Journal is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1928 by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor. First produced to complement a news agency, the Free Press of India, it was a supporter of the Independence movement. It is published in Mumbai, India.
History
The founder editor was Swaminathan Sadanand.[2] It was founded in 1928 to support Free Press of India, a news agency that dispatched "nationalist" news to its subscribers.[3] In the colonial context, Colaco describes it as "an independent newspaper supporting nationalist causes". She quotes Lakshmi[who?] as saying that "The nationalist press marched along with the freedom fighters".[4] It played a significant role in mobilising sympathetic public opinion during the independence movement.[5]
Notable former employees
Among its founders was
Support to Jewish refugee medical doctors
It supported the practice rights of Jewish doctors who had taken refuge in Mumbai fleeing persecution in Germany, in the 1930s. Indian doctors opposed their right to practice claiming that Germany did not have reciprocal arrangements for Indian doctors. The Free Press Journal argued that this was against the "ancient Indian traditions of affording shelter from persecution".[9]
Columnists
- Seema Mustafa: Seema Mustafa is a Resident Editor for The Sunday Guardian. She writes a column "Frankly Speaking Seema Mustafa".
See also
References
- ^ "Website showing 1928 written beneath "The Free Press Journal"". Free Press Journal. Free Press Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-313-37462-3.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-636-7.
- ISBN 978-0-549-22400-6.
- ISBN 978-81-317-1883-4.
- ISBN 978-0-7619-3431-8.
- ISBN 978-0-313-32485-7.
- ISBN 978-81-7530-013-2.
- ISBN 978-0-7658-0439-6.
- ^ Details about The Free Press Journal