Question | Apart from Bengali and English which other language newspapers were also published for the first time from West Bengal? | |
Type | multiple_choice | |
Option | Urdu and Oriya | incorrect |
Option | Hindi and Assamese | incorrect |
Option | Urdu and Assamese | incorrect |
Option | Hindi and Urdu | correct |
Solution | Under the patronage of Raja Rammohan Roy, the inaugural Urdu newspaper ‘Mirat-ul-Akhbaar’ was established on 12th April 1822 in West Bengal. Similarly, Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla initiated the first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Mardant’ on 30th May 1826 in West Bengal. |