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Rising sun of Hindi media

Udant Martand (1st Hindi weekly launched-May 30, 1826)
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Navya Singh
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, Updated At : 07:18 AM May 30, 2025 IST
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In the bustling lanes of 19th-century Calcutta, amidst the clamour of horse-drawn carriages and the aroma of freshly brewed chai, a quiet revolution was taking shape. On May 30, 1826, a modest weekly publication titled Udant Martand—meaning ‘The Rising Sun’—made its debut, marking the dawn of Hindi journalism in India.

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