Chronology of Newspaper Publication in the world and in India - Part 2 (26-50)

Srl No	Name of the Newspaper	Year of Publication	Founder	Place
26	Rangapur Barttabaha (First newspaper weekly)	1847	----	Bangladesh
27	The New York Times	September, 1851	---	USA
28	Hindu Patriot (weekly newspaper)	January, 1853	---	Kolkata, India
29	Samachar Sudha Varshan (first Hindi daily in India)	June, 1854	---	Kolkata, India
30	Somprakash (Bengali weekly)	15th November, 1858	Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan	Kolkata, India
31	The Pioneer (English language newspaper)	1865	George Allen *Rudyard Kipling worked as Assistant Editor of the paper	Allahabad, India
32	Amrita Bazar Patrika	20th February, 1868	---	Kolkata, India
33	La Nacion (The Nation, a Spanish daily newspaper)	1870	Bartolome Mitre Martinez	Argentina
34	Sulabh Samachar (Bengali weekly)	1870	Keshub Chandra Sen	Kolkata, India
35	Bangadarshan (monthly literary journal)	1872	Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay	Kolkata, India
36	The Civil and Military Gazette	1872	***Rudyard Kipling worked as Assistant Editor between 1882 to 1887	British India
37	The Statesman	1875	Robert Knight	Kolkata, India
38	Al-Ahram	1875	---	Egypt
39	The Washington Post	1877	---	Washington DC
40	The Hindu *Started as English language weekly. Became a daily from April 1889.	20th September, 1878	---	Chennai
41	Asahi Shimbun (Japanese language daily)	25th January, 1879	---	Japan
42	The Bengalee	1879	Surendranath Banerjea	Kolkata, India
43	Times of India weekly edition **Renamed as Illustrated Weekly of India in 1923	1880	---	---
44	The Tribune (English language)	February, 1881	Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia	Lahore
45	Kesari (Marathi newspaper)	1881	Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak	Maharashtra
46	Malayala Manorama (Malayalam language)	1890	---	Kottayam
47	Daily Mail *First British daily to achieve mass circulation	1896	Alfred Harmsworth	Britan
48	Udbodhan *Bengali mouthpiece of Ramkrishna Math	1899	Swami Vivakananda	Kolkata, India
49	Ishkra (political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants)	December, 1990	---	Stuttgart, Russia
50	Indian opinion	June, 1903	Mahatma Gandhi	South Africa

Press Laws Chronology

Press Laws/Media Laws are very important for any mass communication student. Media Laws form an important part of any mass communication course. Even in UGC-NET Syllabus and entire unit (unit 6) is dedicated to Press Laws and Ethics. In the previous NET examinations, a number of questions were dedicated to Press Laws and Ethics. These questions are sometimes based on a particular law itself and sometimes they give chronology. Thus, apart from knowing the laws itself, it is important to know their chronology, which is quite common these days. Reasoning and Assertion based questions are also given sometimes based on Press Laws.

Thus, let’s discuss the chronology of important Press Laws in India.

1. Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 
2. Official Secrets Act, 1923
3. Cinematograph Act, 1952
4. Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 
5. Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 
6. Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956 
7. Copyright Act, 1957 
8. Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 
9. Press Council Act, 1978 
10. Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 
11. Schedule Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
12. Prasar Bharati Act, 1990
13. Cable TV Networks Rule, 1994
14. Cable TV Network (Regulation) Act, 1995
15. Information Technology Act, 2000 
16. Right to Information Act, 2005
17. Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, 2006

Apart from these there are Press Laws that were present during the British era and later repealed when India gained Independence. We will discuss about it in another post.