Bengal Gazetti

Not to be confused with Hicky's Bengal Gazette.

The Bengal Gazette was a historic Bengali weekly newspaper published in either 1816 or 1818, and is one of the oldest publications in India. It is believed to the first Bengali language newspaper.[1] The paper was edited by Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya, a former employee of Serampore Mission Press.[2] The newspaper was short lived due to paper being considered an expensive commodity.[3]

  1. ^ Taher, Mohamed (2001). Libraries in India's National Developmental Perspective: A Saga of Fifty Years Since Independence. Concept Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 978-81-7022-842-4.
  2. ^ The 19th Century Renaissance in Bengal and Its Influence on Indian Education. University of Calcutta. 1983. p. 366.
  3. ^ Bhaṭanāgara, Rāmaratana; Bhatnagar, Ram Ratan (1947). The Rise and Growth of Hindi Journalism, 1826-1945: Being an Attempt at a History of Hindi Journalism in Historical, Chronological and Evolutionary Perspective, on the Basis of Research Work Done During the Years 1941-46 Under the Supervision of D.P. Shukla, of Hindi Department of the Allahabad University. Kitab Mahal. p. 24.