Multiple choice

Which newspaper was started as a Bengali paper but later changed into an English paper?

  1. Indian Mirror

  2. Kesari

  3. Miraj-Ul-Akhbar

  4. Amrita Bazar Patrika
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Explanation

Amrita Bazar Patrika was founded in 1868 as a Bengali-language newspaper but switched to English in the 1870s to circumvent a law that tried to suppress vernacular press criticizing the British colonial government. This change allowed it to continue its nationalist commentary. The other options are either not Bengali-origin or did not make this language switch.

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