GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARABIC JOURNALISM IN INDIA: A CRITICAL STUDY

In this paper, an attempt has been made to focus on the growth and development of Arabic Journalism in India. In this regard, we can say that when printing presses were invented and newspapers and magazines in different languages were published in the four corners of the world, then Indian journalists played a very vital role in journalism. It was started by the British, James Augustus Hickey was the first Englishman who published the first journal in India in 1780. It was called “The Bengal Gazette”. Then various journals were being published one after another in Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras respectively. In India, Arabic Journalism evolved abit late in comparison to other languages like English, Persian and Urdu. But within a very short period of time, various Arabic Journals like Al- Nafa al- Azeem Li Ahli Hadha al- Iqlim, Al- Bayan, AlDhiya, Al- Jamia, Thaqafah al- Hind, Al- Bass El- Islami, Al- Raid, Al-Daaei, Dawah al- Haqq, Saut al- Ummah, Al- Sahwah al- Islamiyyah,Al- Arab etc. came to be published by the prominent Indian Arabic journalists who had made every effort to Promote and develop Arabic journalism in India. Now a-days, Arabic journalism (العربية الصحافة (has been playing a significant role in the growth and development of Arabic language and literature in India. Today, India has produced a great number of outstanding Arabic scholars who have got wide acceptance in Arabic journalism in the Arab world and whose journalistic noble work can be compared to any work of any great Arab scholar