The introduction of printing press in India was an event of revolutionary significance in the life of Indian people. The awakening and growth of national consciousness among them gave rise to the nationalist press.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the nationalist press in India. Though a few papers had been started by others before him, his Sambad-Kaumudi in Bengali published in 1821, and Mirat-Ul-Akbar in Persian published in 1822, were the first publication in India with a distinct nationalist and democratic progressive orientation.

Such was the role of the Press in the building up of an increasingly strong national sentiment and consciousness among the Indian people, in the development and consolidation of their growing nationalist movement, in the creation of national and provincial literatures and cultures, and in the forging of bonds of fraternity with other progressive peoples and classes in the outer worlds.

Since the Press was a powerful weapon in the development of Indian nationalism and the nationalist movements, it was subjected to restrictions hy the British Government which was reluctant to satisfy the aspirations and grant of the demands of Indian nationalism. The very fact that the British government had to enact a series of Press Acts proved the decisive role played by the Press in the development of the nationalist movement.

The Press alone made possible exchanged of views among different social groups of different parts of the country. The establishment and extension of the Press in India brought about a closer and intellectual contact between the Indian people. It also made possible the daily and extensive discussions of programmes of inter-provincial and national collaboration in sphere of social, political and cultural. National committees were appointed to implement the programmes adopted at these conferences throughout the country. This led to the building of an increasingly rich, complex, social and cultural , national existence.

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