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'''''New India''''' was a daily newspaper "which for fifteen years was a powerful instrument promoting Home Rule and revolutionizing Indian journalism."<ref>"Annie Besant - 1847-1933", The Theosophical Society (Adyar) [http://www.ts-adyar.org/content/annie-besant-1847-1933 website].</ref> In 1914, [[Annie Besant]] purchased an Indian newspaper, the ''Madras Standard'', and changed its name to ''New India''. She revised the editorial policy so that the newspaper supported the movement for Indian Nationalism.
'''''New India''''' was a daily newspaper "which for fifteen years was a powerful instrument promoting Home Rule and revolutionizing Indian journalism."<ref>"Annie Besant - 1847-1933", The Theosophical Society (Adyar) [http://www.ts-adyar.org/content/annie-besant-1847-1933 website].</ref> In 1914, [[Annie Besant]] purchased an Indian newspaper, the ''Madras Standard'', and on [[August 1]] of that year changed its name to ''New India''. She revised the editorial policy so that the newspaper supported the movement for Indian Nationalism. By the end of the year its circulation had risen to 10,000. The newspaper remained in print until May 1929.  


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Revision as of 20:39, 3 December 2015

New India was a daily newspaper "which for fifteen years was a powerful instrument promoting Home Rule and revolutionizing Indian journalism."[1] In 1914, Annie Besant purchased an Indian newspaper, the Madras Standard, and on August 1 of that year changed its name to New India. She revised the editorial policy so that the newspaper supported the movement for Indian Nationalism. By the end of the year its circulation had risen to 10,000. The newspaper remained in print until May 1929.

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  1. "Annie Besant - 1847-1933", The Theosophical Society (Adyar) website.