The Tribune
Topic: Print Culture and the Modern World · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Tribune is an English newspaper founded in Lahore in 1881 by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a Punjabi philanthropist (a rich man who gave money for public good). It became a leading nationalist paper of north-west India. Through it, educated Punjabis followed and debated national issues.
Example
When India was partitioned in 1947, Lahore went to Pakistan. The Tribune moved to Shimla, then to Ambala, and finally to Chandigarh, where it is still published.
Don't confuse with
- The Hindu: the major nationalist paper of the south, founded in Madras in 1878. The Tribune was the Punjab paper, founded in Lahore in 1881.
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