BAL SHASTRI JAMBHEKAR
He was born in village Pombhurle in Devgad
taluka (Sindhudurga) in Konkan region of Maharashtra state. He founded Darpan
as the first Marathi newspaper in 1832. The newspaper Darpan was born out of
this patriotism and social awareness. He was editor of this newspaper during
the British rule in India. This turned out to be the beginning of Marathi journalism.
Balshastri Jambhekar was only 20 years old then.
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