| Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s first published work Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhiddin (a gift to deists) published in 1803 exposed irrational religious beliefs and corrupt practices of the Hindus as the belief in revelations, prophets, miracles etc. |
| Veereshalingam Panthulu | Since Pantulu’s main focus was social reform so after quitting his job in 1876 he started a monthly magazine in Telugu called Vivekavardhini. As soon as it gained popularity, Kandukuri Veeresalingam established a printing press at Rajahmundry itself. Through the publication, Veeresalingam raised voice against bribery, superstitious beliefs and child marriage which were prevalent in society then. |
| Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Tilak started two weeklies, Kesari (“The Lion”) in Marathi and Mahratta in English (sometimes referred as ‘Maratha’ in Academic Study Books) in 1880-1881 with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar as the first editor. |
| Mahatma Gandhi | In 1933, Gandhi started publishing a weekly newspaper, Harijan, in English. Harijan, which means “People of God”, and was also Gandhi’s term for the untouchable caste - lasted until 1948. |
| Ram Manohar Lohia | In 1952, Lohia established a new Socialist Party, for which he became chairman as well as the editor of its journal, Mankind. |