The Times of India

Radiant sun of Hindi journalism: From a lawyers dream in colonial Calcutta to a historians breakthrough in the 1930s, the saga of Udant Martand spans 2 centuries of Indian journalism

Discover the forgotten story of 'Udant Martand', India's first Hindi newspaper, launched in 1826 by Jugal Kishore Shukla in Calcutta. Though short-lived due to financial woes, its rediscovery in the 1930s by Brijendra Nath Banerji corrected historical records, revealing its pioneering role in Hindi journalism. This radiant sun of news, despite its brief existence, illuminated the path for future publications.