''Sambad Prabhakar'' (also ''Sangbad Prabhakar''; ) was a Bengali daily newspaper founded by Ishwar Chandra Gupta. 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 Bengali language and in building public sentiment leading to the indigo revolt.

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 *

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

References

{{Bengal Renaissance Bengali-language newspapers published in India Bengal Renaissance Newspapers established in 1831 Defunct newspapers published in India 1831 establishments in India Publications disestablished in the 20th-century 20th-century disestablishments in India