Who started the Bengali newspaper 'Shome Prakash'?

Question

What was unusual at the time about the newspaper published on board the liner Etruria in the mid Atlantic Ocean in February 1903?

Answer 1

Shom Prakash was started by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1859. He was a philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer and philanthropist. His efforts to simplify and modernize Bengali prose were significant.