This article, while tracing the relationship of the press in princely state of Jammu and Kashmir state with politics and religion, tries to locate the origins of journalism as a distinct field. It fills a major gap in the South Asian media scholarship that has for long ignored the media cultures of the princely states, which covered two-fifth of the territory and possessed a quarter of the population of what was simply referred to as India. The article attempts to map and recognize socio-political actors that have contributed to the growth of the press while tracing their relationship with the princely politics, indigenous politico-religious movements, and the British colonial state.

本文在追溯查谟和克什米尔邦的媒体与政治和宗教的关系的同时，试图将新闻业的起源定位为一个独特的领域。它填补了南亚媒体学术的一个重大空白，该学术长期以来一直忽视王公国家的媒体文化，这些国家覆盖了五分之二的领土，拥有仅被称为印度的四分之一的人口。这篇文章试图描绘和认可对新闻业发展做出贡献的社会政治参与者，同时追溯他们与王室政治、本土政治宗教运动和英国殖民国家的关系。