जोड्या जुळवा.
(a) मिरात-उल्-अखबार - (i) राजा राममोहन रॉय
(b) जाम-इ-जहन नुमा - (ii) कलकत्त्यातील इंग्रजी व्यापारी कंपनी
(c) रस्त गोफ्तार - (iii) दादाभाई कावसजी
(d) अखबार-ओ-सौदागर - (iv) गुजराथी पाक्षिक

The correct answer is Option B ((a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)).

Key Points:
• Early 19th-century Indian newspapers and their founders/characteristics:
• Mirat-ul-Akhbar (1822): Founded and edited in Calcutta by Raja Ram Mohan Roy; it was the first weekly journal in Persian.
• Jam-i-Jahan Numa (1822): The first Urdu weekly newspaper, published under the patronage of an English mercantile firm in Calcutta (Messrs. Alexander and Co.).
• Rast Goftar (1851): Founded by Dadabhai Naoroji and Kharshedji Cama as an Anglo-Gujarati fortnightly journal to champion Parsi socio-religious reform.
• Akhbar-o-Soudagar (1852): Started as a prominent commercial Gujarati newspaper published by Dadabhai Kavasji.
• These early periodicals pioneered social awakening, commercial reporting, and rational religious debate.
• Key Takeaway: Periodicals: Mirat-ul-Akhbar (Raja Rammohan Roy), Jam-i-Jahan Numa (Calcutta English firm), Rast Goftar (Gujarati fortnightly), Akhbar-o-Soudagar (Dadabhai Kavasji).