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Vande Mataram Debate: Discussion regarding Vande Mataram has started in Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the discussion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Lok Sabha that ‘Countless of our freedom fighters embraced the gallows while raising the slogan of Vande Mataram.’ He further said that ‘This happened in different jails but everyone’s mantra was the same, Vande Mataram.’ Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi also mentioned the newspapers which were started during the freedom struggle and their name was Vande Mataram. Let us know who started these newspapers during the freedom struggle about which PM Modi talked in Parliament.
Vande Mataram newspaper started in the freedom movement
The name Vande Mataram was so powerful and inspiring that it appeared in slogans as well as in the press. The press was one of the strongest weapons against British rule at that time. Many nationalist leaders started newspapers with the same name to raise public awareness and challenge colonial policies.
Bipin Chandra Pal started the first Bande Mataram newspaper
In August 1906, nationalist leader Bipin Chandrapal started an English weekly newspaper named ‘Bande Mataram’ from Kolkata. His simple objective was to arouse national pride, promote Swadeshi and also to convey the political aspirations of Indians to the English-speaking section of the society. Bipin Chandra Pal’s publications soon became an intellectual weapon.
Maharshi Aurobindo Ghosh took over the post of editor
Soon after the launch of the newspaper, Sri Aurobindo Ghosh took over the post of editor of Bande Mataram. He transformed this newspaper from a weekly to a daily and made this newspaper the most influential voice of the extremist group within the Congress. Aurobindo’s editorials were passionate and unapologetically nationalist. The British government considered Akbar so dangerous that it was directly cited as a reason behind strict laws like the Press Act of 1910. This act was created to suppress revolutionary ideas.
Bhikaji Cama started Vande Mataram newspaper from Paris
Madam Bhikaji Cama started publishing a nationalist newspaper named Vande Mataram from Paris in 1909. The objective of this newspaper was to promote nationalism and anti-British sentiments in India. For this, Madam Bhikaji Cama established the Paris Indian Society in Paris and started publishing this newspaper through it. This newspaper was started in response to the British ban.
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