Contribution of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in Marathi Journalism

 

Contribution of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in Marathi Journalism

Bharat Ratna, Vishwa Bhushan Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar)'s father Ramji Sakpal was working as a Subedar in the East India Company, i.e. with the British government, and at that time, since the company needed a clerk, education was made compulsory for Indian citizens. Later, in 1857, compulsory education was stopped, but the untouchables who had developed a taste for education, therefore, they used to educate their own children. Dr. Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 and his school education and childhood were spent in Satara, Ratnagiri and Mumbai. At this time, the freedom struggle movement was going on in India and people from all walks of life and castes were fighting to raise their voices against the British government. Newspapers were an effective medium to intensify this struggle and to enlighten the people in this movement. Therefore, before the birth of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, i.e. from the 17th century, many social reformers started daily newspapers.

History of Newspaper

The great scholar of communication, Marshall McLuhan, gave the world the formula of media the message. According to him, changes in the environment occur due to the medium and the medium is thought. In India, James Augustus Hickey started journalism in India by starting the newspaper “The Bengal Gadget” to raise his voice against the East India Company, which had removed the children.

By the year 1800, Mumbai was the center of enlightenment and the newspaper Mumbapur (periodical) was launched from Mumbai on 20 July 1828, but Lele has mentioned in his book that there is no information about its editor and office. Later, in the year 1832, Balshastri Jambhekar started the Marathi language newspaper “Darpan” from Mumbai with the main objective of introducing the new Western knowledge to his countrymen and earned the honor of being the first Marathi newspaper and it was from here that Marathi newspaper and journalism began.

Marathi journalism worked with great devotion to enlighten the society and fought with all its might against foreign governments and showed a bright path to our society, which was immersed in the darkness of ignorance. Newspapers have always been the university of the common man. As the common man changes, so does the current newspaper.

In the pre-independence era, journalism was a mission. The attainment of religious freedom was an all-inclusive goal, and the journalism of that time was committed to bringing all sections of society towards this goal.

Dalit Press

Keeping Mahatma Phule's truth-seeking thoughts in front, the knowledgeable people of the Bahujan community started their own newspaper to give ideological impetus to the Sanatani newspapers in the Mumbai province. Mukundrao Patil from Ahmednagar district ran the newspaper Dinamitra from 1882 to 1890, after which others ran the newspaper until 1940. Sandesh, a newspaper by Achyut Kolhatkar, was started in Mumbai from 1914. The editors had given a large space for news in this newspaper, which was to be published daily. This newspaper ran until 1931.

The problem of untouchability in Maharashtra was becoming more acute in the 18th century, so in order to overcome this problem, social reformers of the post-18th century included Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Lokhitwadi, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Gopal Baba Walgkar, Vitthal Ramji Shinde, Krishnarao Bhalekar's Deenbandhu Ambedkar. In the pre-Dalit journalism, Shivrao Kamble, Kisan Bansode, Gopal Baba Walgkar were the first Dalit journalists and their writings were published by Deenbandhu. The first editor of Dalits was Shivrao Kamble. He started the first Dalit paper monthly, Somvanshiya Mitra, on July 1, 1908. There is also a mention of Kamble publishing the newspaper Adi Hindu. There are three papers of Somvanshiya Mitra, namely, Maratha Deenbandhu 1901, Atyanj Vilap 1906, and Maharancha Sudharak 1907. Raja Rammohan Roy, while working on social reform, stopped Hindu customs and stopped the practice of sati. He was working for the eradication of untouchability, so he was known as a non-Brahmin worker. During this period, Lokmanya Tilak, Agarkar, Ranade, Chiplunkar, Khadilkar, Gadgil, as well as Shivram Paranjape, Bhau Mahajan alias Govind Kute, etc. of Colaba district, developed the Brahmin community and spread and propagated the traditional ideology, and consciously ignored the issues of Bahujans and untouchables.

From the place of the princely state of Baroda, Bhagwant Polekar started the paper Jagruti. He was spreading the ideas of the Satyashodhak community. For this, Palekar worked with all his heart, mind, and wealth to run the said paper for 32 years. In order to stand behind the non-Brahmin parties and the Satyashodhak movement, Shripatrao Shinde started the paper Vijaya Maratha in 1919.

Dr. Ambedkar had to return to India from England after the Baroda scholarship was closed. After returning from England, he accepted a job in the Baroda State, but he was treated humiliatingly there too, so he left his job in Baroda and came to Mumbai. He accepted a job as a professor at Sydenham College, Mumbai. After working, he had free time and when he noticed that the untouchables were being treated unfairly in political affairs, he started paying attention to public affairs and took the initiative in politics. On 20 August 1917, the Montague Reforms were announced. To implement these reforms, the South Bureau Committee started the work of taking the testimony of the people of India.

Contribution of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in Marathi Journalism

Bharat Ratna, Vishwa Bhushan Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar)'s father Ramji Sakpal was working as a Subedar in the East India Company, i.e. with the British government, and at that time, since the company needed a clerk, education was made compulsory for Indian citizens. Later, in 1857, compulsory education was stopped, but the untouchables who had developed a taste for education, therefore, they used to educate their own children. Dr. Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 and his school education and childhood were spent in Satara, Ratnagiri and Mumbai. At this time, the freedom struggle movement was going on in India and people from all walks of life and castes were fighting to raise their voices against the British government. Newspapers were an effective medium to intensify this struggle and to enlighten the people in this movement. Therefore, before the birth of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, i.e. from the 17th century, many social reformers started daily newspapers.

History of Newspaper

The great scholar of communication, Marshall McLuhan, gave the world the formula of media the message. According to him, changes in the environment occur due to the medium and the medium is thought. In India, James Augustus Hickey started journalism in India by starting the newspaper “The Bengal Gadget” to raise his voice against the East India Company, which had removed the children.

By the year 1800, Mumbai was the center of enlightenment and the newspaper Mumbapur (periodical) was launched from Mumbai on 20 July 1828, but Lele has mentioned in his book that there is no information about its editor and office. Later, in the year 1832, Balshastri Jambhekar started the Marathi language newspaper “Darpan” from Mumbai with the main objective of introducing the new Western knowledge to his countrymen and earned the honor of being the first Marathi newspaper and it was from here that Marathi newspaper and journalism began.

Marathi journalism worked with great devotion to enlighten the society and fought with all its might against foreign governments and showed a bright path to our society, which was immersed in the darkness of ignorance. Newspapers have always been the university of the common man. As the common man changes, so does the current newspaper.

In the pre-independence era, journalism was a mission. The attainment of religious freedom was an all-inclusive goal, and the journalism of that time was committed to bringing all sections of society towards this goal.

Dalit Press

Keeping Mahatma Phule's truth-seeking thoughts in front, the knowledgeable people of the Bahujan community started their own newspaper to give ideological impetus to the Sanatani newspapers in the Mumbai province. Mukundrao Patil from Ahmednagar district ran the newspaper Dinamitra from 1882 to 1890, after which others ran the newspaper until 1940. Sandesh, a newspaper by Achyut Kolhatkar, was started in Mumbai from 1914. The editors had given a large space for news in this newspaper, which was to be published daily. This newspaper ran until 1931.

The problem of untouchability in Maharashtra was becoming more acute in the 18th century, so in order to overcome this problem, social reformers of the post-18th century included Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Lokhitwadi, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Gopal Baba Walgkar, Vitthal Ramji Shinde, Krishnarao Bhalekar's Deenbandhu Ambedkar. In the pre-Dalit journalism, Shivrao Kamble, Kisan Bansode, Gopal Baba Walgkar were the first Dalit journalists and their writings were published by Deenbandhu. The first editor of Dalits was Shivrao Kamble. He started the first Dalit paper monthly, Somvanshiya Mitra, on July 1, 1908. There is also a mention of Kamble publishing the newspaper Adi Hindu. There are three papers of Somvanshiya Mitra, namely, Maratha Deenbandhu 1901, Atyanj Vilap 1906, and Maharancha Sudharak 1907. Raja Rammohan Roy, while working on social reform, stopped Hindu customs and stopped the practice of sati. He was working for the eradication of untouchability, so he was known as a non-Brahmin worker. During this period, Lokmanya Tilak, Agarkar, Ranade, Chiplunkar, Khadilkar, Gadgil, as well as Shivram Paranjape, Bhau Mahajan alias Govind Kute, etc. of Colaba district, developed the Brahmin community and spread and propagated the traditional ideology, and consciously ignored the issues of Bahujans and untouchables.

From the place of the princely state of Baroda, Bhagwant Polekar started the paper Jagruti. He was spreading the ideas of the Satyashodhak community. For this, Palekar worked with all his heart, mind, and wealth to run the said paper for 32 years. In order to stand behind the non-Brahmin parties and the Satyashodhak movement, Shripatrao Shinde started the paper Vijaya Maratha in 1919.

Dr. Ambedkar had to return to India from England after the Baroda scholarship was closed. After returning from England, he accepted a job in the Baroda State, but he was treated humiliatingly there too, so he left his job in Baroda and came to Mumbai. He accepted a job as a professor at Sydenham College, Mumbai. After working, he had free time and when he noticed that the untouchables were being treated unfairly in political affairs, he started paying attention to public affairs and took the initiative in politics. On 20 August 1917, the Montague Reforms were announced. To implement these reforms, the South Bureau Committee started the work of taking the testimony of the people of India.