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CHAP. II.]
A FREE PRESS.
(
121
of the new charter, fostered as they were by the
exertions of a succession of able and patriotic adminis-
trations in the period just preceding 1840, it became
apparent that new life-blood was wanted in the press,
and that newspapers must from henceforth have much
more important tasks to perform than the announce-
ment of the reliefs of the army, the chronicling of the
movements of the Governor, or festivals at Govern-
ment House, the accidents of the chase, or calamities
of famine or conflagration. A free press was desider-
ated for the advocacy of public measures now that
freedom of discussion had been permitted to news-
papers and a public created for their perusal, while the
opening up of the overland communication was begin-
ning to permit the transmission of enlightenment to
the people at home through the journals of India.
To this, as to all other changes in the political sky,
the subject of our notice was fully alive, and Framji
Kavasji was one of the first of those who exerted
themselves to bring into existence the journal which
now chronicles his demise."
The Framji Kavasji Tank close to the Institute,
and the reservoir on the Obelisk road, for the pur-
pose of securing a permanent supply of water to the
public, are excellent monuments of Framji's catholic
charity and benevolence. Framji Kavasji also contri-
buted a lakh of rupees towards building an " Atash-
Behram" or chief fire-temple in Bombay, which is
A FREE PRESS.
(
121
of the new charter, fostered as they were by the
exertions of a succession of able and patriotic adminis-
trations in the period just preceding 1840, it became
apparent that new life-blood was wanted in the press,
and that newspapers must from henceforth have much
more important tasks to perform than the announce-
ment of the reliefs of the army, the chronicling of the
movements of the Governor, or festivals at Govern-
ment House, the accidents of the chase, or calamities
of famine or conflagration. A free press was desider-
ated for the advocacy of public measures now that
freedom of discussion had been permitted to news-
papers and a public created for their perusal, while the
opening up of the overland communication was begin-
ning to permit the transmission of enlightenment to
the people at home through the journals of India.
To this, as to all other changes in the political sky,
the subject of our notice was fully alive, and Framji
Kavasji was one of the first of those who exerted
themselves to bring into existence the journal which
now chronicles his demise."
The Framji Kavasji Tank close to the Institute,
and the reservoir on the Obelisk road, for the pur-
pose of securing a permanent supply of water to the
public, are excellent monuments of Framji's catholic
charity and benevolence. Framji Kavasji also contri-
buted a lakh of rupees towards building an " Atash-
Behram" or chief fire-temple in Bombay, which is