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Which nationalist newspaper, originally started as a Bengali weekly, transformed overnight into an English daily in 1878 to escape the Vernacular Press Act?

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

Answer options

  1. The Hindu
  2. Som Prakash
  3. Voice of India
  4. Amrita Bazar Patrika

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Amrita Bazar Patrika

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: D) Amrita Bazar Patrika šŸ“š Explanation: The Amrita Bazar Patrika was founded in 1868 by the brothers Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh. When Lord Lytton introduced the draconian Vernacular Press Act to suppress native-language newspapers, the publishers brilliantly changed it into an English daily overnight. It played a highly crucial role in awakening anti-colonial nationalist sentiments among the Indian masses.