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The Amrita Bazar Patrika was started by whom?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
  2. Girish Chandra Ghosh
  3. Surendranath Banerjee
  4. Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: D) Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh šŸ“š Explanation: The Amrita Bazar Patrika was founded by the brothers Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh in 1868 in the village of Amrita Bazar. It started as a Bengali weekly newspaper but famously transformed overnight into an English daily in 1878 to evade the restrictions of the Vernacular Press Act. It played a major role in awakening nationalist sentiments.