Major newspapers of Rajasthan
1. Mazharul Saroor :-
- Beginning : 1849 AD
- Language : Hindi, Urdu
- It was published by Bharatpur state.
- It is considered to be the first newspaper of Rajasthan.
2. Roztul Talim or Rajputana Akhbar :-
- Beginning : 1856 AD
- Language : Hindi, Urdu
- It was published from Jaipur by Kanhaiyalal.
3. Jodhpur Government Gazette:-
- Beginning : 1864 AD
- It was published by Jodhpur state.
4. Marwar Gazette :-
- Beginning : 1866 AD
- It was published by Jodhpur state.
5. Marudhar Mitra :-
- Beginning : 1866 AD
- It was published by Jodhpur state.
6. Udaipur Gazette :-
- Beginning : 1869 AD
- It was published by the Mewar state.
- In 1879 AD, King Sajjan Singh of Mewar changed its name to “Sajjan Kirti Sudhakar”.
7. Desh Hitaishi :-
- Beginning : 1882 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Munnalal Verma.
8. Rajputana Gazette :-
- Beginning : 1885 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Maulvi Murad Ali (Bimaar).
- Maulvi Murad Ali was also known as Bimaar.
- Maulvi Murad Ali was sent to jail for criticizing the government.
- Female journalist ‘Moti Begum’ was also associated with this newspaper.
9. Rajputana Herald :-
- Beginning : 1885 AD
- Language : English
- It was Rajasthan’s first newspaper in English language.
- It was published from Ajmer by Hanuman Singh.
- It spread political consciousness in Rajasthan.
- It criticized Rajasthan’s Agent to Governor General (AGG) ‘Paulet’ and Jodhpur’s Prime Minister ‘Sir Pratap’.
- Bengal Gazette :-
- Beginning : 1779 AD
- It was started from Calcutta by Irishman James Augustus Hickey.
- It was India’s first newspaper in English language.
- It strongly criticized the administration of Governor General Warren Hastings.
10. Rajasthan Samachar :-
- Beginning : 1889 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Munshi Samarthdan Charan.
- It was earlier a weekly newspaper but in 1904 AD it was made a daily newspaper.
- Earlier, news related to Arya Samaj was published in it but later, political news was also published in it.
- In 1896 AD, the British removed the king of Jhalawar, ‘Jalim Singh-II’, so this newspaper criticized it.
11. Sarvhit :-
- Beginning : 1890 AD
- It was published by Bundi State.
- The printing number was also written on it.
12. Rajasthan Kesari :-
- Beginning : 1920 AD
- It was named after Kesari Singh Baharath.
- It was published from Wardha by Vijay Singh Pathik.
- Editor : Vijay Singh Pathik
- Sub-editor : Ramnarayan Chaudhary
- When Vijay Singh Pathik went to Ajmer, Satyadev Vidyalankar published it.
- It was given financial assistance by Jamnalal Bajaj.
- Over time, it was also published from Ajmer.
- It was closed in 1922 AD.
13. Naveen Rajasthan :-
- Beginning : 1922 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Vijay Singh Pathik.
- Editor : Kishor Singh Verma
- It was the main newspaper of Rajasthan Seva Sangh.
- News of farmers’ movements were published in it.
- Its motto (slogan) :-
- “I don’t want wealth and prosperity, I don’t want life to last or not.
- If I want this, then it is that there should be no tyranny or oppression in the world.”
- It was banned in 1923 AD. Therefore, it was started with the name ‘Tarun Rajasthan’.
14. Tarun Rajasthan :-
- Beginning : 1923 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Ramnarayan Chaudhary and Shobhalal Gupta.
- The name of the newspaper named ‘Naveen Rajasthan’ was changed to ‘Tarun Rajasthan’.
- News of farmer movements were published in it.
- Jaynarayan Vyas published it from Beawar.
15. Arya Martand :-
- Beginning : 1923 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Ramsahay.
- Advertisements for widow remarriage were published free of cost in it.
16. Rajasthan/Rajasthan Weekly :-
- Beginning : 1923 AD
- It was published from Beawar by Rishi Dutt Mehta.
- It was started for awareness in Hadoti region.
- It was a weekly newspaper
17. Tyagbhoomi :-
- Beginning : 1927 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Haribhau Upadhyay and Kshemanand Rahat.
- It promoted Gandhian ideology.
- It had a total of 64 pages, out of which 16 pages were related to women only.
- In this, the 16-page column for women was called ‘Aadhi Duniya’.
18. Young Rajasthan :-
- Beginning : 1929 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Ramnarayan Chaudhary and Shobhalal Gupta.
- It was the English version of ‘Tarun Rajasthan’ newspaper.
19. Navjyoti :-
- Beginning : 2 October, 1936
- It was published from Ajmer by Ramnarayan Chaudhary.
- Later, it was published by Ramnarayan Chaudhary’s brother ‘Captain Durgaprasad Chaudhary’.
20. Navjeevan :-
- Beginning : 1939 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Narayan Singh and Kanak Madhukar.
- Kanak Madhukar also published it from Udaipur.
21. Praja Sevak :-
- Beginning : 1940 AD
- It was published from Jodhpur by Achleshwar Prasad Sharma.
22. Jaibhoomi :-
- Beginning : 1940 AD
- It was published from Jaipur by Gulab Chand Kala.
23. Jaipur Samachar :-
- Beginning : 1942 AD
- It was published from Jaipur by Shyamlal Sharma.
24. Rajasthan Herald :-
- Beginning : 1942 AD
- It was published from Jaipur by Kesarlal Jain.
25. Prachar :-
- Beginning : 1942 AD
- It was published from Ajmer by Priyatam Kamdar.
- Its motto (slogan) :-
- “Thieves, sinners and owls want darkness
- But Prachar is the searchlight of the public.”
26. Lokvani :-
- Beginning : 1943 AD
- It was published from Jaipur by Devishankar Tiwari.
- It was started in the memory of Jamnalal Bajaj.
27. Riyasati :-
- It was published from Jodhpur by Sumanesh Joshi.
- It published the news of Jodhpur’s merger with Pakistan.
28. Vishwamitra :-
- It was published from Calcutta by Phoolchand Agarwal.
- News related to social reform was published in it.
29. Vaibhav :-
- It was published from Bharatpur by Jagannath Das Adhikari.
30. Vijay :-
- It was published from Jaisalmer.
31. Jaihind :-
- It was published from Kota.
32. Angibana :-
- It was published from Beawar.
33. Lok Sevak :-
- It was published by Pandit Abhinn Hari.
Significance of Newspapers
- Due to newspapers-
- Political awareness spread in Rajasthan.
- Rajasthan was able to join national movements.
- Kisan and Prajamandal movements got strength.
- Issues of public interest were published which put pressure on the kings.
- Evils related to women were told. Hence, those evils were removed by the society which strengthened women empowerment.
- Freedom of expression was promoted.
- The British government could not suppress the voice of the people of the native princely states for long.
- Social reform organizations published them, which gave impetus to social reforms.