Editor | Raja Rammohan Roy |
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Founded | 12 April 1822 |
Language | Persian |
Ceased publication | 4 April 1823 |
Mirat-ul-Akhbar ( Persian: مرآتالاخبار; lit. 'Mirror of News') was a Persian-language journal founded and edited by Raja Rammohan Roy. [1] The newspaper was first published on 12 April 1822. It was published on a weekly basis on Fridays. [2] British journalist James Silk Buckingham was also closely involved in the operation of the newspaper. The Mirat-ul-Akhbar was not well-received by the colonial government, [3] and was termed to be theologically controversial by official W.B. Bayley. On April 4, 1823, the colonial government passed a Press Ordinance that introduced regulations against the Indian press, namely the requirement of a license to publish journals. In protest, Roy closed the Mirat-ul-Akhbar on the same day. The journal's final issue listed his criticisms of the Ordinance. [4]