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 The 29 September 1907 front page of the weekly edition ofBande Mataram | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Political alignment | Nationalist |
| Language | English |
TheBande Mataram was anEnglish language weekly newspaper published from Calcutta (now Kolkata) founded in 1905 byBipin Chandra Pal and edited bySri Aurobindo.
Its aim was to prepare Indians to struggle for complete independence. It was a daily organ of Indian nationalism. It was accused of spreading 'radical Indian nationalism' and 'nationalist extremism'. According toS. K. Ratcliffe, a previous editor ofThe Statesman, in a letter to theManchester Guardian of 28 December 1950, "It had a full-size sheet, was clearly printed on green paper, and was full of leading and special articles written in English with a brilliance and pungency not hitherto attained in the Indian Press. It was the most effective voice of what we then called nationalist extremism."[1]
The two decades of increasing influence of journals such asBande Mataram in Bengal, and similar journals emerging in the United Provinces led to a strict government censorship under thePress Act 1910.
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