Who among the following founded the newspaper ‘Sambad Kaumudi’?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Key Points

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder and editor of the following two vernacular weekly newspapers-
- Sambad Kaumudi in Bengali.
- Mirat-ul-Akhbar in the Persian language
Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as 'the father of Indian renaissance',
He was the founder of 'Brahmo Samaj' and the man who tirelessly fought against the social evils prevailing in the Indian society.
Roy was the one who pioneered western education in India.
Roy established the Brahmo Samaj on August 20, 1828, which acted against the evil practices that existed in the Hindu society, especially, the practice of ‘Sati’.

Additional Information

Rash Bihari Bose	He played a crucial role in the Ghadar Revolution, a plan to attack the British army from the inside. He was the founding father of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauz) that Subhash Chandra Bose capitalized on later. The famous Bomb attack on Lord Hardinge by Rash Behari Bose. Japanese Government honored Rash Behari bose with ‘Second Order of the Merit of the Rising Sun’.
Shishir Kumar Ghosh	He was a litterateur, journalist, social worker. He was the founder of the Amrita Bazar Patrika, a noted Bengali language newspaper in 1868 and a freedom fighter from Bengal. He was one of the founding members of the India League.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar	He was a philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer, and philanthropist. He introduced the practice of widow remarriage and pushed for the Widow Remarriage Act XV of 1856. He reconstructed the Bengali alphabet called 'Borno Porichoy' (Character Identification) and reformed Bengali typography into an alphabet (actually abugida) of twelve vowels and forty consonants. He received the title of 'Vidyasagar' which means Ocean of Knowledge from Sanskrit College, Calcutta, due to his excellent performance in Sanskrit studies and philosophy.