National Herald
Topic: Print Culture and the Modern World · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The National Herald was an English newspaper that Jawaharlal Nehru founded at Lucknow in 1938. Its aim was to support the national movement and spread Congress views. It shows how leaders used their own newspapers in the last phase of the freedom struggle.
Example
During the Quit India Movement of 1942, the British used wartime laws to silence the press. All Quit India news was censored, and about 90 newspapers were suppressed in August 1942. The National Herald was forced to close in this crackdown. It came back after the war.
Don't confuse with
- The Hindu: founded in Madras in 1878. The National Herald was Nehru's paper, founded in Lucknow in 1938.
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