In addition to fighting against the harsh censorship that was in place during colonial rule, the Indian press was essential to India’s fight for independence. Talk about it.
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The Indian press effectively supported India’s independence struggle through British censorship policies. Greater emphasis on free speech originated from newspapers like Kesari together with The Hindu and Amrita Bazar Patrika despite British authorities passing the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 and the Indian Press Act of 1910 to limit nationalistic voices.
Through propaganda for boycotts and self-sufficiency actions the newspapers motivated support for the Swadeshi movement in 1905 and the Non-Cooperation movement in 1920. Through Young India and Harijan publications Mahatma Gandhi distributed his teachings about pacifism and Satyagraha. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre alongside the Rowlatt Bill emerged through newspapers as did the triggers that led to protests.
Media suppression did not stop the unification of different groups as they developed shared nationalistic affiliations. Through group inspiration the media served to link educated leadership with regular people. Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai and other revolutionary intellectuals made journalism into an instrument against colonial domination.
The Indian media fought for India’s freedom by defying British censorship while becoming a force that educated and gathered people to achieve independence.