Magazines and Newspapers (Madhya Pradesh)– Old Year Questions and Answers

By IASbook Team October 11, 2023 MPPSC Prelims 0 Comments

1. The first newspaper of Madhya Pradesh was published 150 years ago. It was

(a) Navbharat
(b) Akhbar Gwalior
(c) Malwa Akhbar
(d) Nai Duniya

[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

Ans. (b) Akhbar Gwalior

Akhbar Gwalior, the first newspaper of Madhya Pradesh, was released 150 years ago.
It was in Urdu language.
The first radio communication in Madhya Pradesh occurred on 22nd May 1955 from Indore.
Telecommunication in Madhya Pradesh was started in September 1974.
The first post and telegraph circle of Madhya Pradesh was set up on 1st April 1962 at Bhopal.
The first television services in Madhya Pradesh were broadcasted from the Raipur centre (present-day Chhattisgarh). Broadcasting from Indore and Bhopal was started during the ASIAD games in 1982.

Newspaper	Establishment Year	Publishing City	Facts
Gwalior Akhbar	1840	Gwalior	It is the first newspaper of M.P. It was published in the Urdu language. Munshi Laxmandas was the founder. It was a weekly newspaper. It was renamed Bharat Sandesh in 1950 and later MP Sandesh in 1956.
Malwa Akhbar	1848	Indore	Pandit Prem Narayan was the founder. It was a bilingual newspaper. It was published in Hindi and Urdu languages. It was a weekly newspaper. It was the first newspaper of M.P. in the Hindi language.
Delhi Akhbar	1852-53	Indore	It was published in the Urdu language.
Gwalior Gazette	1853	Gwalior	It was the first newspaper of Madhya Pradesh in the English language. It was a bilingual newspaper. It was published in English and Hindi languages. It was a weekly newspaper. It was renamed Gwalior State Gazette in 1950.
Purn Chandrodaya	1860	Indore	It was published in the Marathi language. The first newspaper in M.P. was published in the Marathi language. It was a weekly newspaper. It was started by Ramchandra Bhau Saheb.
Jabalpur Samachar	1870	Jabalpur	It was Madhya Pradesh’s first monthly newspaper. It was a bilingual newspaper. It was published in Hindi and English languages.
Railway Samachar	1870	Khandwa	–
Nav Jeevan	1939	Indore	It was the first daily newspaper of Madhya Pradesh. It was published in Hindi. It was started by Pandit Dwarika.
Pradeep	1950	Jabalpur	It was the first evening daily newspaper of Madhya Pradesh. It was published in Hindi. It was started by Shri Mohan Sinha.
M.P. Chronicle	1957	Bhopal	It was the first English daily newspaper of Madhya Pradesh. It was published in English.
Nai Duniya	1997	Indore	It was the first internet-based newspaper in Madhya Pradesh. It was published in Hindi.
Bharat Bhrata	1887	Rewa	It was considered the first political newspaper of Madhya Pradesh. It was published to spread nationalism among the masses. It was a fortnightly newspaper.
Shubhchintak	1883	Jabalpur	It was a weekly newspaper. Ramgulam Awasthi was its editor.
Sadakat	1883	Bhopal	It was published in the Urdu language. Mohammad Abdul Kareem started it.

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