Comrade
Topic: Print Culture and the Modern World · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Comrade was an English weekly newspaper. Mohammad Ali Jauhar started it in Calcutta in 1911, and it later moved to Delhi. It spoke for educated Indian Muslims and for pan-Islamic views, which means a feeling of unity among Muslims all over the world. Together with his Urdu paper Hamdard, it shows how print helped build the Khilafat mood and Muslim support for the national movement.
Example
Comrade sided with the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) against Britain. During the First World War, the colonial government cracked down on such papers. Mohammad Ali was interned, which means he was held under government restriction without a trial. Wartime laws like the Defence of India Rules were used to silence critical papers in this period.
Don't confuse with
- Hamdard: Mohammad Ali's Urdu paper. Comrade was his English weekly.
Related concepts
- Censorship of Press Act 1799
- Licensing Regulations 1823
- Press Act of 1835
- Licensing Act 1857
- Hindu Patriot
- Som Prakash
- Press and Registration of Books Act 1867
- Amrita Bazar Patrika
- Vernacular Press Act
- The Hindu