Emergence of Telugu Press
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2026.v11.n07.008Keywords:
Development of Telugu press, Vrithathini, Purushardha Pradhayani, Sathihitha Bhodhini, DesamathaAbstract
Indian Journalism and development of press was started with the freedom movement. Earlier Christian missionaries had started papers for religious propagation. The press also played prominent role in organizing social and cultural renaissance movements. The brutal tax collection practices of the East India Company, pressures of Christian missionaries for religious conversions the subject of the initial newspapers. The first indigenous Telugu paper ‘Vrithanthini’ started in Madras in 1838. Initial newspapers tried to repromoted Indian philosophies and self respect among the people. Kandukuri Veeresalingam published his writings in ‘Purushardha Pradhayani’ founded by Úma Ranganayakulu in 1872. Kandukuri Veeresalingam tried to expose the contemporary issues like anti-development, the bribe takers, superstitions etc., Due to the oppressive rule of Nizam news papers did not emerge in the Telangana region for a long time.
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