South Asian Newspapers

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South Asian Newspapers provides more than 400,000 fully searchable pages of newspapers published in South Asia between 1864 and 1922. The collection 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 the Ceylon Observer (Sri Lanka). Part of the World Newspaper Archive.

This collection can also be searched on Readex AllSearch, an integrated platform that combines Readex’s primary sources into a single cross-searchable interface.

Coverage: 19th and early 20th centuries

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