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Bombay Gazette commenced as a weekly newspaper, in 1825 and was published every Wednesday. After some forty years, it became a bi-weekly. The newspaper contained articles of local interest, especially those concerning Bombay city itself, proclamations, obituaries (mostly of British residents and rich
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It was known to oscillate its stand between extremes of conservative pro-establishment to liberal pro-Indian, based on the opinions of the current editor and owner. The newspaper employed both Eurasian and Indian reporters, and a Parsi reporter for legal articles (Nanabhoy Masani and later, Darashaw
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Indians) advertisements and news regarding the British colonial government in India. For instance, on 13 January 1880, Bombay Gazette published a news article -
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and Galium (1840). It was not unheard of for its proprietors to include British civil servants.
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The owners and editors of Bombay Gazette included the British journalist and politician,
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attempted to purchase Bombay Gazette, to counteract the influence of another newspaper
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were the earliest English language Indian newspapers published in Bombay (now Mumbai).
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The Bombay Gazette started printing paper on silk from 26 April 1841.
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The newspaper continued to be published up to the early 1900s.
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Surviving copies of the Bombay Gazette can be found in the
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English
Bombay
India
Bombay Herald
Indian National Congress
British Library
James Mackenzie Maclean
Sir Frank Beaman
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta
Benjamin Horniman
The Times of India
Indian nationalists
Sir Frank Beaman
The Bombay Chronicle


"Introduction to collection - Early Indian Newspapers - Masthead of Bombay Gazette"
"A history of India"
the original



"Early Indian Newspapers"
"Members of parliament for Cardiff"



Journalism in India
Glimpses of Old Bombay and Western India
Internet Archive

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