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The first all-Hindi newspaper ‘Udanta Martanda’ was published from Calcutta in the year 1826. Who was its editor?
Options:
A .  Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
B .  Pandit Sadal Mishra
C .  Pandit Jugal Kishore Shukla
D .  Bhartendu Harishchandra
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
Pandit Jugal Kishore Shukla was the editor of the first all Hindu newspaper “ Udanta-Martanda” published from Kanpur in the year 1826. The newspaper was started on May 20, 1826; with it for the first time a newspaper was published completely in Hindi, using Devanagari script.
Udant Martand employed a mix of Khari Boli and Braj Bhasha dialects of Hindi. The first issue printed 500 copies, and the newspaper was published every Tuesday.

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