Udant Martand
Circulation | 500 (1st issue) |
Udant Martand It was closed on 4 December 1827 due to financial crisis.
History
By the early 19th century, educational publications in Hindi had already started, thus journalism was only a matter time. By the 1820s, newspapers in several Indian languages were starting, including
Shukla was a lawyer originally from
The newspaper was started on 30 May 1826; with it for the first time a newspaper was published completely in Hindi, using Devanagari script. Udant Martand employed a mix of
Owing to its distance from the Hindi-speaking areas of North India, the newspaper had difficulty in finding subscribers.[10] The publisher tried to get government subscription, and patronage in the form of postal fee exemption for eight newspapers to be posted to North India. However, it didn't receive the subscription and only one newspaper was allowed postal fee exemption, which meant that the paper could never be financially viable.[10] Nevertheless, it briefly gained prominence for featuring the controversy that rose Bengali-language magazine, Samachar Chandrika and traders from interiors, who were based in Calcutta.[8]
Legacy
Today, "Hindi Journalism Day" or Hindi Patrakarita Diwas is celebrated on 30 May each year, as it marked the "beginning to
References
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha extends wishes to journalists on Hindi Journalism Day". The New Indian Express. 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Hindi Journalism Day 2021: All you need to know". India Today. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "उदन्त मार्तण्ड: यूं शुरू हुआ हिंदी अखबार का सफर". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Hindi journalism Day: 'उदंत मार्त्तंड' ने बंगभूमि कोलकाता को दिया था आधुनिक हिंदी की जन्मभूमि का दर्जा". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ISBN 978-81-7482-108-9.
- ISBN 978-81-207-4074-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-447-01607-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7619-3372-4.
- ^ a b Rajendra Lal Handa (1978). History of Hindi language and literature. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 330.
- ^ Brijendra Mohan Sankhdher (1984). Press, politics, and public opinion in India: dynamics of modernization and social transformation: On the role of the press in India, 1780-1835. Deep & Deep Publications. pp. 132–133.
- ISBN 9780836419054.
- ISBN 978-0-595-34230-3.
- ^ "Hindi Journalism Day Celebrated In India to Mark 187 Years of Hindi Journalism". Jagran Josh. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
Sources
- Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (1947). The Rise and Growth of Hindi Journalism, 1826-1945: Being an Attempt at a History of Hindi Journalism in Historical, Chronological and Evolutionary Perspective. Kitab Mahal. p. 27.