Consider the following statements about Balshastri Jambhekar:

1. He used his newspaper ‘Darpan’ to awaken the people to awareness of social reforms, such as widow remarriage.

2. He started Digdarshan, which published articles on scientific subjects, as well as history.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• Balshastri Jambhekar (1812-1846) was a pioneer of social reforms through journalism in Bombay. He attacked Brahminical orthodoxy and tried to reform popular Hinduism. He started the newspaper Darpan in 1832.

• Known as the ‘Father of Marathi Journalism’, Jambhekar used Darpan to awaken the people to awareness of social reforms, such as widow remarriage and to instil in the masses a scientific approach to life.
• In 1840, he started Digdarshan, which published articles on scientific subjects, as well as history.
• Jambhekar founded the Bombay Native General Library and started the Native Improvement Society of which an offshoot was the Students Literary and Scientific Library.

• He was the first professor of Hindi at the Elphinston College, besides being a director of the Colaba Observatory.