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Print Culture and The Modern World
Explain the role of nationalist newspapers in India.
Despite repressive measures, nationalist newspapers grew in numbers in all parts of India.
(i)They reported on colonial misrule and encouraged nationalist activities.
(ii)Attempts to throttle nationalist criticism provoked militant protest.
(iii)This in turn led to a renewed cycle of persecution and protests.
(iv)When Punjab revolutionaries were deported in 1907, Balgangadhar Tilak wrote with great sympathy about them in his Kesari.
(v)This led to his imprisonment in 1908, provoking in turn widespread protests all over India.
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Give reasons for the following:
Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
Give reasons for the following:
Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.
The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
Give reasons for the following:
Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Gutenberg Press.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
Erasmus's idea of the printed book.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Vernacular Press Act
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to Women.
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
The poor
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
Reformers
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