175 years of Media in Assam and Beyond

175 years of Media in Assam

Arabinda Rabha

The story of publishing was equally enthralling by none other than an American Baptist Missionary Mr. Nathan Brown 175 years ago.

 It was a great voyage of Nathan Brown and his wife, a missionary, in the year 1833, to bring printing press machinery through Brahmaputra to Sadia and than in Sivasagar, to establish the first printing press or the sole media outlet in Assam.

It was a massive effort and a herculean task by none other than Nathan Brown to establish the identity of Assamese Language, its Script and people.

From the voyage of Brown over Brahmaputra along with printing machines and subsequent transformation of platforms i.e establishing Radio stations after 1947, Introduction of HAM radio, establishment of electronic media ‘Doordarshan” in the year 1982, establishment of satellite news editions simultaneously from 2-3 locations, establishment of Private electronic private channel NE TV in year 2004,  to the present day digital media platforms; Media in Northeast has played its constructive role towards formation of a cohesive Northeast.

The genesis of all the problems lies in the colonial past and it does not exonerate post 1947 politics.

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It is in this backdrop, Mahabahu in association with Multicultural Educational Development Trust (MEDT) and powered by ‘Powershift’, celebrated a daylong programme on ‘ 175 years of Media  in Assam and Beyond’ , on  31^st January 2021, at Institute of Engineers Building, Guwahati.

Mr. Sanjay Dwivedi, DG, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi , while delivering his speech said that ‘Since 1846 Assamese media has travelled a long way and its growth trajectories  encountered with eminent personalities and I request all not to forget the roots’. 

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