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    Sadhu Sundar Das published the first Oriya newspaper called Kujibara Patrika in 1769 in Odisha. It was handwritten and distributed irregularly due to the lack of printing presses. It covered political, social, religious, and administrative topics. It played a role in promoting Oriya language and culture and was influential during the Indian independence movement. While no copies are known to exist in Odisha, some volumes may be available at the India House Library in London.

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    Sadhu Sundar Das published the first Oriya newspaper called Kujibara Patrika in 1769 in Odisha. It was handwritten and distributed irregularly due to the lack of printing presses. It covered political, social, religious, and administrative topics. It played a role in promoting Oriya language and culture and was influential during the Indian independence movement. While no copies are known to exist in Odisha, some volumes may be available at the India House Library in London.

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    Sadhu Sundar Das published the first Oriya newspaper called Kujibara Patrika in 1769 in Odisha. It was handwritten and distributed irregularly due to the lack of printing presses. It covered political, social, religious, and administrative topics. It played a role in promoting Oriya language and culture and was influential during the Indian independence movement. While no copies are known to exist in Odisha, some volumes may be available at the India House Library in London.

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    Kujibara

    Patrika
    Preview
     “Barriers break when people talk”.
     At the time of freedom struggle in India, the then
    government language English was not so popular in
    circles of communication in various parts of India.
     It was the regional newspapers who came to the
    forefront to keep the heat of the freedom struggle on.
     The nationalist people used the newspapers as the main
    weapon against the British Raj.
     In this process Orissa left its notable footprints in the
    regional newspaper field in India.
     The newspapers also played a big role for safeguarding
    the interest of the Oriya language and in the creation of a
    separate Orissa state.
    Contd….
     The shape and quality of Oriya newspapers that
    appear today was not the same in the 18th
    century.
     They were commercially not so viable, not so
    expressive in formating and offset printing was a
    far away concept in printing.
     Before the arrival of type and offset press, there
    were drum beaters, letter writers and hand
    written formats of news in various parts of India.
    Contd….
     The whole Orissa heralded a new era of
    journalism in 1769 with the introduction of a
    handwirtten newspaper called “Kujibara Patrika”
    edited by Sadhu Sundar Das, a social reformer of
    that time.
     The paper was being published from Kujibar
    (small banyan tree) Ashram near Choudwar.
     The newspaper had irregular frequency
    (sometimes daily, weekly and fortnightly).
    Contd….
     Since no printing machine was available in Orissa
    at that time, it was written in coarse papers in
    Oriya language and distributed in different
    central places of bazar, the missionary centres,
    mission homes of Cuttack Town and to the
    rulers.
     The contents of the newspaper was based on
    political, socio-religious, cultural and educational
    matters and the administrative purposes of the
    government.
    Sadhu Sundar Das
    • Sadhu Sundara Das (or Sundara Babaji as he was
    popularly called) was born in 1720 in a village
    named Kumarapur in Athgarh now in Cuttack
    district.
    • An orphan at an early age, he was brought up by
    his grand-father and after completing his
    education at the village Pathashala, he built
    himself as an efficient warrior to head the militia
    of Athgarh and later of nearby principalities.
    • A life-long bachelor, he became a recluse in later
    years and set up his abode under a banyan tree
    near Choudwar.
    Contd….
    • His disciples included the feudatory rulers
    and Maratha Governors of Orissa.
    • His seven-day annual Yajna in April used to
    attract thousands of people.
    • He also set up a college in which about 500
    students studied the Vedas and other
    scriptures.
    Contd….
     Conversant in many languages including
    English, the Sadhu preached non-violence and
    religious tolerance.
     He did not worship any idol, did not smear
    himself with ashes, nor were his hairs matted,
    as Rev. Amos Sutton described him after he
    met him in 1826.
     The Sadhu did not object to two of his
    disciples – Gangadhar Sadangi and
    Ramachandra Jachak, son of a Maratha
    Governor, embracing Christianity.
    Contd….
     Having read the Bible, he invited the
    missionaries to exchange his thoughts with
    them.
     Later he opposed some of their methods
    and filed and won a legal case against
    them.
     It is also stated that he was arrested as a
    result of a design by some missionaries and
    remained in custody for about a month
    before being released in 1830.
    Contd….
     Since no printing machine was available in
    Orissa at that time, the Sadhu was bringing
    out the Patrika written on palm leaves or
    Haritali paper processed in the nearby
    Padmapur village.
     The journal was being copied by his
    disciples and distributed among the
    feudatory rulers and influential persons of
    Cuttack and read out in bazaars and fairs.
    Contents of the Journal
     The journal was not a news paper as such
    but carried the views of its editor on
    matters concerning religion, education,
    culture, problems of health, agriculture,
    trade and music etc. with some news.
     Some of his views were even reproduced
    by the Baptists’ journal.
     Some copies were also sent to England.
     The Patrika was stopped after the death of
    the Sadhu in 1838.
    Historical Reference
    • No copy of this manuscript journal is
    known to be available in Orissa.
    • However, there is a description of its editor
    in the Centenary Volume of the Baptist
    Missionary Society, London (1792-1892),
    written by John Brown Meyers, the
    Secretary of the Society, on pages 237-52.
    • Sutton has also written about Sundara Das
    in his book, Orissa and its Evangelisation in
    1850.
    Contd….
    • The paper became so prominent in its news
    coverage that during 1800 it was translated
    in to Hindi and Maratha language.
    • This handwritten newspaper had such a
    great influence on the then missionary
    activities that the missionaries translated
    the news items in to English and sent a
    bound volume of news copies to the
    London Baptist Mission.
    Contd….
    Rev. A. Sutton had a remarkable piece of
    translation from the Kujibara patrika in
    1927 which was sent to the Baptist Mission
    in London.
    In that piece of translation he had
    categorically mentioned the news
    published about the corruption and
    inhuman activities, religion and social
    reforms of that period and about various
    government plans and activities.
    Where can you see

    It is believed that some


    volumes of Kujibara
    Patrika are at present
    available at India House
    Library in London.
    THE
    END

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