Payam-e-Azadi (Message of Freedom) was an Urdu and Hindi daily newspaper published in Lithopress by Azimullah Khan, secretary of Nana Saheb Peshwa II, with Mirza Bedar Bakht, a descendant of Bahadur Shah Zafar, as its Chief Editor. Azimullah's grand vision of establishing a patriotic newspaper, gave rise to this publication, and to fulfill it, in 1854, he brought a French printing press to the country.
Payam-e-Azadi was first published in February 1857 in North Delhi. It spread quickly throughout British India, including Jhansi and the United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand). By May 1857, the daily openly supported the 1857 War of Independence through succinct yet powerful editorials that criticized the Company's divisive and communal policies and helped mobilize and motivate the masses to persist with the revolt. The vicious editorials posed a severe threat to the British Empire. As a result, the publication of this newspaper was immediately and permanently prohibited. Bedar Bakht was tortured and executed, while Azimullah Khan died as a fugitive in Nepal.
Since then, Payam-e-Azadi which fueled India's first war of independence, has largely vanished from Indian history.
Source: Indian Culture Portal