Harish Chandra Mukherjee, who strongly supported the peasants during the Indigo Revolt (1859-60), was the editor of the newspaper:

Harish Chandra Mukherjee was the editor of the "Hindoo Patriot", an English weekly published from Calcutta, and he used it to support the peasants during the Indigo Revolt.

About the Hindoo Patriot:

• It was started in Calcutta in 1853.
• Harish Chandra Mukherjee became its owner and editor in the mid-1850s, and made it an influential paper.
• It was one of the leading English-language papers run by Indians in the 19th century.
• Later, it was edited by Kristo Das Pal, and it became the voice of the British Indian Association, the organisation of the landlords of Bengal.

Support for the indigo peasants:

• The indigo planters forced the peasants of Bengal to grow indigo on unfair terms.
• The Hindoo Patriot published reports of the oppression of the peasants and criticised the planters fiercely.
• Harish Chandra Mukherjee helped the peasants by giving them money, advice and legal support.
• The play "Neel Darpan" by Dinabandhu Mitra (1860) also exposed the cruelty of the planters.

About Harish Chandra Mukherjee:

• He was born in 1824 at Bhowanipore, Calcutta, into a poor family.
• He was largely self-educated, and worked as a clerk in the Military Auditor-General's office.
• He was a member of the British Indian Association.
• He supported widow remarriage and other social reforms.
• He criticised the government's policies before and after the Revolt of 1857.
• He died on 14 June 1861, at a young age.
• After his death, his house and the newspaper faced financial difficulties.

Other newspapers of Bengal:

• "Amrita Bazar Patrika" was started by Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh (1868).
• "Som Prakash" was a Bengali weekly started by Dwarkanath Vidyabhushan (1858).

Why not the other options?

• ✗Amrita Bazar Patrika, Som Prakash and The Bengalee were other newspapers of Bengal, not edited by him.