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Overview
Part of the World Newspaper Archive, created by CRL in partnership with Readex, South Asian Newspapers, 1864-1922 provides access to significant historical newspapers published in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the key publications: Amrita Bazar Patrika (Calcutta), Madras Mail (Madras), Tribune (Lahore) and the Ceylon Observer (Colombo). Languages include English, Bengali, and Gujarati.
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South Asian Newspapers, 1864-1922 is the third collection module of the World Newspaper Archive, created in partnership with Readex, a division of NewsBank. Currently available to CRL members, the collection provides more than 550,000 fully searchable pages of newspapers published in South Asia between 1864 and 1922.
Titles were recommended by WNA Charter Participants, faculty members, and subject experts from the South Asia Materials Project (SAMP). The final material was selected for its breadth of coverage, diversity of viewpoints, and historical significance. South Asian Newspapers features titles published in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Languages include English, Bengali, Gujarati, and others.
Titles include such key publications as:
- Amrita Bazar Patrika (Calcutta),
- Bankura Darpana (Bankura, India),
- Madras Mail (Madras),
- Tribune (Lahore, Pakistan) and
- Ceylon Observer (Sri Lanka).
A complete list of titles is available on Readex's site. The titles are cross-searchable with other modules of the World Newspaper Archive, as well as with other Readex products such as America’s Historical Newspapers.
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Access to the World Newspaper Archive is provided by Readex through IP authentication. To access the collection, please visit your library’s homepage for Readex products and click on World Newspaper Archive or visit the collections directly:
CRL and its partners provide long-term access to a rich and diverse set of international scholarly resources. CRL continues to maintain microfilm copies of all WNA papers as well, and makes them available to its community as a regular benefit of CRL membership.
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