Name: Firdausi's Shahnameh
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 14 min 12 s
Description: Shahnameh by Firdausi, a famous court poet, is profound literature of the Persian Language. Let's learn about it in detail in this informative video....

Question

Write short notes on the Bengal school of painting, the role of the press in awakening national consciousness.

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The Bengal School of painting can be described as follows:

The tradition of painting was popular in Bengal. The traditional Indian styles of painting were revived by Abanindranath Tagore. They also developed miniature paintings. They were also influenced by the style of mural painting, as in the caves of Ajanta and Ellora.

Abanindranath Tagore of Bengal school created a style of painting that was different from that of Raja Ravi Varma. The scenes from ancient legends were painted by Nandalal Bose. He used shading to give a three-dimensional effect to the figures in his paintings

During the nineteenth century, a powerful Indian press grew, both in English and vernacular. When the political consciousness grew and with that political activities were started by the Indians, the number of newspapers also increased.

Most of the newspapers, the English, and the vernaculars voiced the aspirations of Indians. They gave a voice to the misery of the Indians and their social, economic, and political demands. During the freedom struggle, these newspapers became a weapon to mobilise the people

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