●Statement 1 is correct- In 1904, Sakharam Ganesh Deukar published Desher Katha (The Plight of the Nation), which was banned by the British Government, as this newspaper was against the colonial state’s hypnotic conquest of the mind.
●Statement 2 is correct: This newspaper inspired the performance of Swadesh street plays and fold songs.
●Statement 3 is incorrect: This newspaper did not specifically mention the Bengal region as‘desh’. Deuskar used this term in the context of whole India.