The newspaper and journal published during independence era are specific areas from where UPSC pick out the question. This is an area to focus for UPSC IAS Prelims. Here we have compiled a complete list of Newspapers during freedom struggle and important journals with their founders.
| Year | Name | Newspaper/ Journal | Founder |
| 1780 | Bengal Gazette | English newspaper | James Augustus Hicky |
| 1819 | Samvad Kaumudi | Bengali weekly newspaper | Ram Mohan Roy |
| 1822 | Mirat-ul-Akbar | Persian language journal | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| 1854 | Rast Goftar | Gujarati Newspaper | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 1858 | Som Prakesh | Weekly newspaper | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| 1862 | Indian Mirror | Newspaper | Devendra Nath Tagore |
| 1868 | Amrita Bazar Patrika | Newspaper | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh |
| 1871 | Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq | Journal | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan |
| 1878 | Hindu | Newspaper | Vir Raghavacharya and G.S. Aiyar |
| 1881 | Kesari | Marathi Newspaper | B.G. Tilak |
| 1888 | Sudharak | Newspaper | G.K. Gokhale |
| 1892 | Hindoo Patriot | English weekly | Girish Chandra Ghosh |
| 1896 | Prabuddha Bharata | English monthly journal | Swami Vivekananda |
| 1899 | Udbodhana | Magazine | Swami Vivekananda |
| 1903 | Indian Opinion | Newspaper | M. K Gandhi |
| 1905 | Bande Mataram | English language newspaper | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| 1910 | Bombay Chronicle | English-language newspaper | Firoze Shah Mehta |
| 1911 | Comrade | Weekly English newspaper | Maulana Mohammad Ali |
| 1912 | Al-Balagh | Urdu weekly newspaper | Abul Kalam Azad |
| 1912 | Al-Hilal | Urdu weekly newspaper | Abul Kalam Azad |
| 1913 | Pratap | Hindi language newspaper | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi |
| 1914 | New India | English-language daily newspaper | Annie Besant |
| 1919 | Independent | Newspaper | Motilal Nehru |
| 1919 | Young India | Weekly journal | M. K Gandhi |
| 1920 | Mook Nayak | Marathi weekly | B.R. Ambedkar |
| 1924 | Hindustan Times | English daily newspaper | Sunder Singh Lyallpuri |
| 1929 | Nav Jeevan | Weekly newspaper | M. K Gandhi |
| 1932 | Harijan | Weekly journal | M. K Gandhi |
| 1936 | Free Hindustan | Journal | Tarak Nath Das |
| 1936 | Hindustan Dainik | Hindi newspaper | M.M. Malviya |
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