The first issue of The Hindu was published on September 20, 1878. A quiz on one of the most respected media houses in the world
The first issue of The Hindu was published on September 20, 1878. A quiz on one of the most respected media houses in the world
The first issue of The Hindu was published on September 20, 1878. A quiz on one of the most respected media houses in the world
1.
What is the connection of T. Muthuswami Aiyer, the first Indian Judge of the Madras HC, to the founding of the newspaper?
2.
How many people founded The Hindu and what two-word moniker is normally given to them because of where they resided or were members of a society?
3.
How many copies of the inaugural issue were printed? Also, initially on which day would the ‘weekly’ come out?
4.
What major transformation to The Hindu happened on April 1, 1889, and November 11, 1940?
5.
Who made this remark: “…The Hindu … always reminds me of an old maiden lady, very prim and proper, who is shocked if a naughty word is used in her presence. It is eminently the paper of the bourgeois, comfortably settled in life.”
6.
In 1947, The Hindu started a publication, the first of its kind in India that lasted a score of years before being revived under a different name in 1978. Name both publications.
7.
Which was the first edition of The Hindu to be launched outside of Madras?