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|type = Daily [[newspaper]]<br />
|owners = [[Azimullah Khan]]<br />
|chiefeditor = [[Mirza Bedar Bakht]]<br />
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|headquarters = [[Delhi]], India<br />
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'''''Payam-e-Azadi''''' (Message of Freedom<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/lessons-we-forgot/article18392383.ece|title=Lessons we forgot...|first=Kuldeep|last=Kumar|date=May 5, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>), was an [[Urdu]] and [[Hindi language]] daily newspaper published by [[Azimullah Khan]] and edited by [[Mirza Bedar Bakht]], grandson of the last Mughal emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]]. It first started publishing in February 1857 from [[Delhi]] and later appeared in several parts of the [[British Raj|British India]], including [[Jhansi]] and [[United Province]].<ref name="gb">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PR4jAAAAQBAJ&q=payam+e+azadi+newspaper&pg=PA47|title=La presse de la liberté: Journée d'études organisée par le Groupe de Travail IFLA sur les Journaux, Paris, le 24 août 1989|first1=Eve|last1=Johansson|first2=International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions / Working Group on|last2=Newspapers|date=February 18, 2013|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783111357300|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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It is believed the newspaper played a significant role during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], the first revolt of independence against the rule of the [[British East India Company]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/how-the-press-fought-for-indias-freedom-754431.html|title=How the Press fought for India's freedom|date=August 15, 2019|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCIf8MM1ZlAC&q=payam+e+azadi+newspaper&pg=PA103|title=Handbook of Journalism and Mass Communication|first1=Vir Bala|last1=Aggarwal|first2=V. S.|last2=Gupta|date=July 21, 2001|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788170228806|via=Google Books}}</ref> Khan brought a [[printing press]] to India in 1854 when he went to London following the independence cause.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The newspaper was established in February 1857 by Azimullah Khan. Its first [[Marathi language]] edition appeared in September 1857 from Jhansi.<ref name="gb"/> It was later banned by the government for its involvement in [[sedition]], independence movement and writing on government policies, involving rebellion groups and articles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/144268-Media-resistance-in-British-India|title=Media resistance in British India|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/C0143-S.Y.B.-COM.-Choice-Base-SEMESTER-III-C0956-Journalism-I.-Q.P.CODE-24250-28-03-20181.pdf |title=MODEL ANSWER PAPER Q1.a 1. Vernacular Press Act, in British India |website=mu.ac.in}}</ref> The copies of the publications are only available in the [[British Library]], the national library of the UK.<ref name="gb"/><br />
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