Which one among the following was a newspaper founded and edited by Raja Rammohan Roy?

Raja Rammohan Roy, often hailed as the 'Father of Indian Journalism', founded and edited the Persian-language weekly newspaper 'Mirat-ul-Akhbar' (Mirror of News) in 1822 [1]. This publication was the first Persian journal in India and served as a platform for Roy to communicate his political and social views to the educated elite. In addition to this, he published the Bengali weekly 'Sambad Kaumudi' starting in 1821 [2]. In contrast, 'The Calcutta Gazette' was a government-supported publication founded in 1784, and 'Harijan' was a later magazine started by Mahatma Gandhi. Roy's journalistic efforts were pioneering in using the press as a tool for social reform and intellectual discourse during the Indian Renaissance. He eventually ceased the publication of 'Mirat-ul-Akhbar' in 1823 as a protest against the restrictive Press Regulations of the British government [1].

Sources

1. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirat-ul-Akhbar
2. [2] India and the Contemporary World – II. History-Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World > 7 Religious Reform and Public Debates > p. 121