Module 1: The Searchlight and Hasan Imam (1918)
Concept
Subtopic 1.1: The Searchlight and Hasan Imam (1918)
- The English paper Searchlight was started at Patna in 1918 by Sachchidanand Sinha and Hasan Imam.
- A special session of the Congress met in Bombay in August 1918 under Syed Hasan Imam of Bihar, to discuss the Montagu-Chelmsford Report. It decided to send a delegation to England led by Hasan Imam.
- Rajendra Prasad started the Hindi weekly Desh in 1920 from the Searchlight Press, Patna, and edited it.
⭐ Key Points
- Sachchidanand Sinha and Hasan Imam; it began from Patna in 1918.
- Syed Hasan Imam; the session discussed the Montagu-Chelmsford Report.
- Rajendra Prasad, from the Searchlight Press, Patna, in 1920; he was its editor.
📌 One-line Q&A
- Question: Who started the newspaper Searchlight? Answer: Sachchidanand Sinha and Hasan Imam.
- Question: Under which Bihari leader was a special Congress session held at Bombay in August 1918? Answer: Syed Hasan Imam.
- Question: Who started the Hindi weekly Desh? Answer: Rajendra Prasad.
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Question 1: Who started the newspaper Searchlight?
Sachchidanand Sinha and Hasan Imam; it began from Patna in 1918.
Question 2: Under which Bihari leader was a special Congress session held at Bombay in August 1918?
Syed Hasan Imam; the session discussed the Montagu-Chelmsford Report.
Question 3: Who started the Hindi weekly Desh?
Rajendra Prasad, from the Searchlight Press, Patna, in 1920; he was its editor.
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Who started the newspaper Searchlight?
Sachchidanand Sinha and Hasan Imam.Under which Bihari leader was a special Congress session held at Bombay in August 1918?
Syed Hasan Imam.Who started the Hindi weekly Desh?
Rajendra Prasad.
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