It is interesting to note that the 19th century witnessed the birth of print journalism in South India, spearheaded largely by Christian missionaries and early Indian nationalists. Mangaluru Samachara (Kannada), Rajyasamacharam (Malayalam), and Swadesamitran (Tamil) were pioneering newspapers that broke ground in regional language journalism, while Satyadoota was an early Telugu publication. Take a comprehensive overview of these landmark publications:
