Religious reform and Role of Newspaper


 
 
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Religious reform and Role of Newspaper

Religious reform and public debates: The religious debates were carried out in public and in print from the early 19th century:

  • The printing pamphlets and newspapers not only spread the new ideas, but also shaped the nature of the debate.
  • The 19th century was a time of intense controversies between social and religious reformers and the Hindu orthodoxy over matters like widow immolation (sacrifice) monotheism, Brahmanical priesthood and idol worship. 
  • Role of Newspapers: In Bengal as religious debates developed, different newspapers started to circulate a variety of arguments. Raja Rammohun Roy published the ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ from 1821 and the Hindu orthodoxy commissioned the ‘Samachar Chandrika’ to oppose his views. From 1822, two Persian newspapers, ‘Jam-i-Jahan Nama’ and ‘Shamsul Akhbar’ and a Gujarati newspaper ‘Bombay Samachar’ were published.

    Monotheism :- The Doctrine or Belief that there is only one god . 

     
     


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