print revolution in India

Introduction & Top Questions
Global beginnings
The role of print culture in India: Social reform, nationalism, and the freedom struggle
- Print arrives in India
- The reformist turn: Ram Mohan Roy’s press
- The colonial response to the vernacular press
- Role of the Indian National Congress
- Women, print, and social change
- Print, caste, and popular movements

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

A full page of ancient Egyptian writing in black and some red ink.

Gutenberg Bible

Surendranath Banerjee

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Mahatma Gandhi, holding a walking stick, walks beside Sarojini Naidu during the Salt March protest in 1930, with several men following behind them.

print revolution in India: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Urnesha Bhattacherjee
Associate Editor, Britannica India

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	New article added.	Urnesha Bhattacherjee	Jul 13, 2026
	Repositioned some images.	Urnesha Bhattacherjee	Jul 13, 2026