''Sambad Prabhakar'' (also ''Sangbad Prabhakar''; ) was a

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daily newspaper founded by

Ishwar Chandra Gupta Ishwar Chandra Gupta (; 6 March 1812 – 23 January 1859) was a Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in Kanchrapara, in Bengal. Early life Ishwar Chandra Gupta was born in a Baidya family. He was brought up in his uncle's house after the d ...

. It began as a weekly newspaper in 1831 and became a daily eight years later in 1839. It was the first Bengali daily newspaper. ''Sambad Prabhakar'' covered news on

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and abroad and put forward its views on religion, politics, society, and literature. It was influential in the

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and in building public sentiment leading to the

indigo revolt The Indigo revolt (or ''Nil bidroha''; Bengali: নীল বিদ্রোহ) was a peasant movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers against the indigo planters, that arose in Bengal in 1859, and continued for over a year. The vill ...

History

''Sambad Prabhakar'' was the brainchild of Ishwar Chandra Gupta. His patron was Jogendra Mohan Thakur of

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. It began as a weekly newspaper launched on 28 January 1831 (16 Magh 1237BS). As stated, Mr. Thakur was the backbone to this paper and his death caused the paper to close publication in 1832. In 1836, the newspaper was revived by Ishwar Chandra Gupta and appeared as a tri-weekly on August 10, 1836. The Thakurs of Pathurighata lent a helping hand to the paper again and in 1837 the ''Sambad Prabhakar'' became the first

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daily on June 14, 1839.

Contributors

Kangal Harinath Harinath Majumdar (20 July 1833 – 18 April 1896), better known as Kangal Harinath, was a Bengali people, Bengali journalist, poet, writer, and Baul singer. He is the writer of ''Bijoy Basanta'' (1859), which is in the list of the first publis ...

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (anglicized as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; 26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The ...

Radhakanta Deb Raja Sir Radhakanta Deb Bahadur (10 March 1784 – 19 April 1867) was a scholar and a leader of the Calcutta conservative Hindu society, son of Gopimohan Deb of Shovabazar Raj who was the adopted son and heir of Maharaja Nabakrishna Deb of ...

References

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