Indian Newspaper Day is celebrated on 29 January every year, commemorating the day the first Indian newspaper was published in 1780 called the ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette’ or the ‘Calcutta General Advertiser’. Published in Kolkata at that time, the newspaper became the first newspaper to be printed in Asia, earning it cultural, historical, and social significance.
Newspapers have been a cheap, widespread,d and easy-to-access medium for getting information at the earliest in the past.
Today with the advent of the internet and social media, newspapers are often called an archaic way to get informed but India has had a long history of reading newspapers, so much so that the ritual of a morning cup of tea and a newspaper in hand is a nostalgic image, still lived by many.
Indian Newspaper Day holds great significance for the people of India for numerous reasons such
- The day honours the essential role of newspapers in shaping public opinion and raising awareness about certain issues.
- It also puts forward the importance of a free press in society.
- Newspaper Day also highlights the importance of journalists in our society in increasing transparency and advocating freedom of speech.
- With the advent of newspaper publishing in India, even children are exposed to different issues of the world which increase their analytical thinking and communication skills.
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