The ''Bande Mataram'' was an English language weekly newspaper published from Calcutta (now Kolkata) founded in 1905 by

Bipin Chandra Pal Bipin Chandra Pal ( bn, বিপিন চন্দ্র পাল ; 7 November 1858 – 20 May 1932) was an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer and Indian independence movement freedom fighter. He was one third of the “ ...

and edited by

Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined the ...

. Its aim was to prepare Indians to struggle for complete independence. It was a daily organ of Indian nationalism. It was accused of spreading 'radical Indian nationalism' and 'Nationalist Extremism'. According to S. K. Ratcliffe, a previous editor of The Statesman, in a letter to the

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of 28 December 1950, "It had a full-size sheet, was clearly printed on green paper, and was full of leading and special articles written in English with a brilliance and pungency not hitherto attained in the Indian Press. It was the most effective voice of what we then called nationalist extremism." The two decades of increasing influence of journals such as ''Bande Mataram'' in Bengal, and similar journals emerging in the United Provinces led to a strict government censorship under the Press Act 1910.

References

Sources

* ''The Making of India: A Historical Survey'', by Ranbir Vohra.2000. M.E. Sharpe..p 111 * ''A History of Indian Literature in English'', by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra.2003. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. .p 118 * ''The Essential Aurobindo'', by Robert A. McDermott. 1988. SteinerBooks. . p43 * ''The Hour of God: Selections From His Writings'', by Manoj Das.1995 Sahitya Akademi..p v

External links

Sri Aurobindo's Political Life (1906-1910) : Editor of ''Bande Mataram'' Newspaper''Bande Mataram'' materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)''The Bande Mataram – Monthly Organ of Indian Independence''
1913–1914, library

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