Bicentenary Year of Mirat-ul-Akhbar

On 12th April, 2022, India’s pioneering Persian newspaper - Mirat-ul-Akhbar- that embodied resistance completed its 200 years.

About Mirat-ul-Akhbar

  • The newspaper Mirat-ul-Akhbar – the title of which translates to ‘Mirror of News’ – was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the year 1822 in Calcutta.
  • It used to be published on Fridays every week.
  • In 1803-4, Raja Ram Mohan Roy had presented his first Persian seminal writing in the form of a book named Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin to monotheists.
  • In the first issue of the weekly, Ram Mohan wrote, “The object of the paper was not to shower praises upon its promoters or his ....
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