the first weekly bengali newspaper samachar darpan was published by the baptist missionary society.
the first weekly bengali newspaper samachar darpan was published by the baptist missionary society.
the first weekly bengali newspaper samachar darpan was published by?
the baptist missionary society
the success of the bengali monthly digdarshan encouraged the missionaries of the baptist missionary society to embark on a new venture - the publication of a bengali newspaper. the initiative was taken by joshua marshman and william ward. at about the same time harachandra roy was also planning to start a bengali newspaper from his own printing press at chorebagan street in calcutta. but before he could bring out his publication, the missionaries published the first issue of "samachar darpan" from the baptist mission press in serampore on may 23, 1818.
samachar darpan
the newspaper was published every saturday and was edited by john clark marshman. its price was 4 "annas" per copy. it contained news, both indian and european, collected from various sources, particular from english newspapers. it also contained brief articles on various subjects. it carried some material of educational value which made it respected and popular among the educated people. both in typography and contents the "samachar darpan" maintained a fairly good standard. its coverage of local news was certainly better than any other english or indian language newspaper. by reprinting news and comments from other bengali newspapers, the "samachar darpan" enabled its readers to have acquaintance with the different sections of the bengali opinion.
samachar darpan