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UPSC 2007: Who among the following started the newspaper "Shome Prakash"?
(a)Dayanand Saraswati
(b)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c)Raja Rammohun Roy
(d)Surendranath Banerjee
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
The weekly ‘Shome Prakash’ (Som Prakash) was started in 1858-59 by the Bengali reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar under the editorship of Dwarakanath Vidyabhushan. It was not launched by Dayanand Saraswati, Raja Rammohun Roy or Surendranath Banerjee. ([sarthaks.com](https://www.sarthaks.com/2711445/who-started-the-newspaper-shom-prakash?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2007, GS Paper 1, as Question 58. It falls under Modern History > Social & Religious Reform Movements.
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