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| Former editors | Previous editors
Dr. Nathan Brown A.H. Denforth Miles Bronson William Ward Ms Susane |
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| Categories | Current affairs & Literature |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 700 |
| Publisher | Oliver Thomas Cutter |
| First issue | January 1846 |
| Final issue | 1883 |
| Company | Baptist Missionary Printing Press |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Sibsagar, Assam |
| Language | Assamese |
Orunodoi or Arunodoi (Assamese: অৰুণোদই, English: "Sunrise") was the first Assamese-language magazine published monthly from Sibsagar, Assam, in 1846.[1] The magazine created a new era in the world of Assamese literature and gave birth to notable authors such as Anandaram Dhekial Phukan, Hemchandra Barua, Gunabhiram Barua, and Nidhi Levi Farwell. The magazine took the initiative of innovating the then Assamese dialect instead of borrowing words from other languages. The Assamese people got to know about the western world only through this magazine, which opened the gate to the modern literacy in Assam. It mainly included various news related to current affairs, Science, astrology, history and also trivia although Christianity was its main aim. The magazine's publishing ended when the printing press was sold in 1883.[2][3]
- ^ The Orunudoi: a monthly paper devoted to religion, science, and general intelligence (in Assamese). 1846. OCLC 235946984.
- ^ "Orunoidoi/Arunodoi". Onlinesivasagar.com. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Special Postage Stamp on 150 years of Newspapers in Assam". PIB. Retrieved 30 March 2010.