The English weekly 'The Bengalee', which was later taken over and made famous by Surendranath Banerjea, was founded in 1862 by:

"The Bengalee", an English weekly, was founded in Calcutta in 1862 by Girish Chandra Ghosh, a journalist and writer of Bengal.

About Girish Chandra Ghosh:

• He was born in 1829 in Calcutta.
• He was one of the early Indian journalists who wrote in English.
• He worked in the government's Military Auditor-General's office.
• He had earlier been associated with the "Hindoo Patriot".
• He wrote about social and political issues, and criticised the injustices of British rule.
• He died in 1869.
• (He should not be confused with Girish Chandra Ghosh, the famous Bengali dramatist and actor of the same period.)

The Bengalee:

• It began as an English weekly.
• In 1879, Surendranath Banerjea bought it and became its editor.
• Under him, it became one of the most influential nationalist newspapers of Bengal.
• It opposed the partition of Bengal and strongly supported the Swadeshi Movement.
• It became a daily in 1900.

In 1883, Surendranath Banerjea was imprisoned for contempt of court, after he published an article in "The Bengalee" criticising a judge of the Calcutta High Court; he was the first Indian journalist to be imprisoned in this way.

About Surendranath Banerjea:

• He was called "Rashtraguru" and the "Indian Burke".
• He founded the Indian Association (1876) and led the agitation against the partition of Bengal.
• He was a Moderate leader of the Congress, and presided over two of its sessions.

Other English newspapers of 19th-century Bengal:

• "Hindoo Patriot" (1853), edited by Harish Chandra Mukherjee and later Kristo Das Pal.
• "Amrita Bazar Patrika" (1868), founded by Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Moti Lal Ghosh.
• "Indian Mirror", associated with Keshab Chandra Sen and the Brahmo Samaj.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Harish Chandra Mukherjee, Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Keshab Chandra Sen were associated with other newspapers.