On this day, an editorial in Amrita Bazar Patrika boldly supported the indigo farmers’ protests, reiterating its stand as an uncompromising critic of British rule in India.

The paper was started in 1868 by the brothers Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh from a village in Jessore (now in Bangladesh) to bring to the attention of people the exploitation by colonial administrators of peasants, especially indigo farmers. Later, the paper, which was bilingual, moved to Calcutta.

One of the main targets of the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was to suppress the voice of Amrita Bazar Patrika. To bypass the law, Amrita Bazar turned into an English daily in seven days.

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