Newspapers & Journals- Indian Freedom Struggle
This post deals with the list of important newspapers and Journals published during the Indian Freedom Struggle including their founders & the Year in which they started publishing.  

This topic is very important for various GK exams including PSC, UPSC, IBPS, RRB, SSB etc.

Indian Freedom Struggle: Important Newspapers & Journals (List)

Newspaper/Journal Founder Year
Bengal Gazette James Augustus Hickey 1780
Madras Courier Richard Johnston 1785
Bombay Herald 1789
Young India
(Weekly Journal)
Navjivan
(Weekly Newspaper)
Harijan 
(Weekly Journal)

Mahatma Gandhi 1919

1929

1931
National Herald Jawaharlal Nehru 1938
Independent
(Newspaper)
Motilal Nehru 1919
Sambad Kaumudi 
(Bengali Weekly)
Mirat-ul Akbar 
(First journal in Persian)
Banga-Duta
Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1819

1821

1822
Indian Mirror,
National Paper
Debendranath Tagore 1862
1865
Sudharak
The Hitavada
Gopala Krishna Gokhale 1888
1911
Kesari 
(Marathi Daily)
Mahratta 
(English Weekly)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak 1881
Mooknayak
(Marathi Weekly)
Bahishkrit Bharat
B.R. Ambedkar 1920

1927
Prabudha Bharat 
(English Monthly Journal)
Bartaman Bharat 
(Essay)
Udbodana
Swami Vivekananda 1896

1899

1899
Bande Mataram
(English Newspaper)
Paridarshak
Bipin Chandra Pal 1905

1880
Bande Mataram 
(Paris Publication)
Madam Bhikaji Cama 1909
Al-Hilal, Al-Balagh 
(Urdu Weekly Newspapers)
Abul Kalam Azad 1912
Som Prakash
(Bengali Weekly Newspaper)
Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan 1858
New India
(Daily)
The Commonweal
Annie Beasant 1914

1915
New India
(Weely)
Bipin Chandra Pal
Bombay Chronicle Pherozeshah Mehta 1913
Punjabi Lala Lajpat Rai
The Leader 
Hindustan Dainik
Madan Mohan Malaviya 1909
1936
Amrita Bazar Patrika Sisir Kumar Ghosh
&
Motilal Ghosh
1868
Free Hindustan
(Vancouver)
Tarak Nath Das 1908
Essays on Indian Economics M.G.Ranade 1899
Hindustan Times K. M. Panikkar 1920
Bangadarshana Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee
1873
The Statesman Robert Knight 1875
Sudharak Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, 1888
Yugantar Barindra Kumar Ghosh
&
Bhupendra Nath Dutta
1906
Native Opinion V.N.Mandalik 1864
Rast Goftar
Voice of India 
Dadabhai Naoroji 1851
1883
The Hindu GS Aiyar,
Viraraghavchari
&
Subba Rao Pandit
1878
Sandhya B.B.Upadhyaya 1906
The Tribune Dayal Singh Majeetia 1881
Comrade 
(English Weekly Newspaper)
Maulana Mohammad Ali 1911
Hindu Patriot Girish Chandra Ghosh
(later Harish Chandra
Mukherji)
1853
Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 1871
Pratap Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi 1913
Swadeshabhimani Vakkom Moulavi 1905
Indian Sociologist Shyamji Krishna Verma
Vichar Lahiri Krishnashastri Chiplunkar 1852
Talwar 
(Berlin)
Birendra Nath
Chattopadhyaya
1910
Kranti Mirajkar, Joglekar, Ghate 1927
Kavivachan Sudha Bhartendu Harishchandra 1867
Bandi Jivan Sachindranath Sanyal
Swadeshamitram(Tamil) G.Subramaniya Iyer 1882
Navayug
(Magazine)
Muzaffar Ahmed 1920
Kerala Kaumudi C.V. Kunhiraman 1911
Inquilab
(Urdu)
Ghulam Hussain
Ghadr
(San Francisco)
Ghadar Party

📝SideNotes

  • First Printing Press – Portuguese Saint Ignatius in Goa in 1556. 
  • India’s first newspaper – Bengal Gazette.
  • First newspaper published in Madras Presidency – Madras Courier.
  • Bombay Herald  – Later renamed as Bombay Gazette, first English newspaper in Bombay.
  • Mirat-ul-Akhbar – First Persian newspaper.
  • Banga-Duta – 4 Language Weekly (English, Bengali, Persian & Hindi).
  • Rast Goftar – First Newspaper in Gujarati.
  • Bande Mataram (Paris Publication) – Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was its editor.
  • Som Prakash – Under the proposal of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.
  • Bipin Chandra Pal – 'Father of Revolutionary Thoughts'
  • M.G. Ranade – Father of Indian Economics.
  • Sudharak – Previously edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
  •  The Bombay Times & Journal of Commerce were later known as Times of India (TOI).