Timeline - Concepts - Chapter 5 Class 10 History - Print Culture and the Modern World - History

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  • AD 594 onwards : China started print.
  • AD 768-779 : Hand printing technology came in Japan.
  • 1295 : Marco Polo returned to Italy with knowledge of printing from China.
  • 1430s : Gutenberg developed the first printing press in Germany.
  • 1447 : Gutenberg perfected the printing press system.
  • 16th century: Protestant Reformation took place.
  • 1517: Martin Luther wrote 95 Theses criticising practices of church.
  • 1558: church imposed control over publishers and booksellers in Europe.
  • 1579 : First Tamil book printed in Cochin.
  • 1674 : About 50 books were already printed in Konkani and Kanara.
  • 17-18th century : Literacy rates went up in Europe.
  • 1713 : First Malayalam book.
  • 1780 : English printing began in India.
  • 19th century : Debates about religious issues in india.
  • 1810 : First edition of Ramcharitmanas came out.
  • 1812 : Grimm brothers published a collection of stories and folk tales.
  • 1821 : Rammohun Roy published SAMBAD KAUMUDI.
  • 1822 : 2 Persian newspapers came to be published, JAM- I- JAHAN NAMA  SHAMSUL AKHBAR
  • 1832-1835 : Penny magazine was published.
  • 1835 : Governor General bentinck revised press laws in India.
  • 1857 : Children’s press set up in France.
  • 1860s : Bengali women like Kailashbashini debi began writing.
  • 1867 : Deoband Seminary published 1000s of FATWAS.
  • 1870s : Hindi printing began in India.
  • 1871 : Jyotiba Phule wrote Gulamgiri.
  • 1876 : Rashsundari debi, wrote her autobiography AMAR JIBAN.
  • 1878 : Vernacular press act was passed.
  • 1880s : Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai from Maharashtra wrote about women lives.
  • Late 19th century : offset press was developed.
  • 20th century : Electrically operated presses came into use.
  • 1907 : Balgangadhar Tilak wrote about deported punjab revolutionaries in his newspaper Kesari.
  • 1908 : Balgangadhar Tilak arrested.
  • 1920 : Popular works were sold in England in cheap series called SHILLING SERIES.
  • 1938 : Kashibaba wrote Chhote aur bade ka sawal.
  • 1955 : Poems of Sudarshan Chakr, was published in SACCHI KAVITAYAN.
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