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Printing a Nation

Series 1

Nationhood

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Historian Anindita Ghosh explores the impact of the printing press on India and argues that print was fundamental in shaping the nation that was born in 1947. Show more

Printing a Nation

Series 1

Knowledge

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Anindita Ghosh travels to Kolkata, to explore the explosion of printed material in 19th-century Bengal following the setting up of the first presses by missionaries in India. Show more