New India (newspaper) explained

New India
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Founder:Annie Besant
Foundation:[1]
Political:Pro Indian freedom struggle
Language:English
Ceased Publication:1947
Headquarters:Adyar, Madras (now Chennai)
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Publishing Country:Colonial India

New India was an early 20th century daily newspaper published in India by Annie Besant, to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle.[2] [3] [4]

Overview

New India was a newspaper founded as a means to spread news related to the Indian freedom struggle, and as a means to vocalize the views of its founder, the freedom fighter Dr. Annie Besant, through her editorials. It was in the same league as Gandhi's Harijan and Tilak's Kesari.[5] [6]

Activities and political stance

New India was a pro Indian freedom newspaper, which simultaneously worked as a mouthpiece for the views of its founder Dr. Annie Besant. During and after the First World War, the return to Gandhi to India, the involvement of Indian masses in the Indian freedom struggle (which until then had generally remained a topic of discussion only for the English speaking upper class Indians) and the vociferous involvement of Bipin Chandra Pal, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru and others, the Indian freedom struggle began to gather momentum in places other than Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay. In 1914, Besant vocalized the idea of the inclusion of more Indians in making decisions related to India at a political and economic level. She called this freedom 'Home Rule', similar to the home rule movement in Ireland.[7] Regular columnists in New Indias first decade included S. S. Setlur.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dasa . Jinaraja . A Short Biography of Annie Besant . 2 February 1996 . T.P.H. . Adyar .
  2. Web site: Annie Besant . www.inc.in . Indian National Congress - official website . 29 October 2018.
  3. Book: Nehru. Jawaharlal. An Autobiography. 1 March 1945. Bodell. Calcutta. 1.
  4. Web site: Annie Besant (1847 - 1933) . www.ts-adyar.org . Theosophical Society Adyar . 29 October 2018.
  5. Ram . N.Sri . 'Dr Annie Besant's Work for Education in India' . The Theosophist . 2 October 2002 . 124 . 1 .
  6. News: Remembering Annie Besant: The woman who started Home Rule League . 29 October 2018 . India Today . 1 October 2016.
  7. Book: Besant . Annie . Annie Besant, An Autobiography . 1 May 1999 . TPH . Adyar . 5 .
  8. V Geetha . S V Rajadurai . One Hundred Years of Brahminitude: Arrival of Annie Besant . Economic and Political Weekly . July 15, 1995 . 30 . 28 . 1769 . 10 June 2024.