With the establishment of the British East India Company and the subsequent administration of India, a new politico-socio-economic culture emerged. The primary objective of European companies was to establish trading links with India. However, they began to meddle in Indian politics, and in the latter part of the eighteenth century, they defeated the local kings and took control of Bengal. Christian missionaries were anxious to introduce western ideas and education to the Indian people. After the introduction of the modern press on Indian soil, there was a notable change. Hickey was a foreigner who established the English weekly and brought printing media to India. Since then, other newspapers have been established and distributed throughout India. Newspapers, journals, and magazines published things relating to individual concerns, education, training, and ads in the early days of the press. During the nineteenth century, the Indian people were made aware of the British Company’s propaganda through the vernacular press. The vernacular press exposed British brutality after the Revolt of 1857. The primary motive of vernacular newspapers was the Indian National Awakening. The press was penalised and restricted several times for publishing anti-British material. The vernacular press had several challenges and roadblocks along the way, but did not abandon its political consciousness and liberation movement until India gained independence from British Imperialism in 1947.
