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South Asia Microform Project (SAMP)

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Newspapers from British Library and Nehru Memorial Museum & Library

Since 1968, the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library has been microfilming Indian newspapers to preserve backfiles and make material available to scholarship. The British Library's Oriental and India Office Collections contain a vast wealth of English, European, and vernacular newspapers from the subcontinent.

SAMP has acquired a number of titles from these institutions , among others, over the years. The following is a partial list of materials received in the past decade. Further information on newspapers held by SAMP can be found in CRL's Foreign Newspaper Database or in the CRL Catalog

India

Title Dates No. Reels

OCLC No.

Abhijan [June 29, 1941-Mar. 25, 1973] 7 11882711
Amrita Bazar Patrika (Calcutta) [1905-1924; 1941-1948] 95 38169187
Bande mataram (Calcutta: daily) [1906-1908] 8 11357259
Bankura darpana Feb.1892-Sept.16,1959 5 36101691
Behar herald [1913-1961] 29 38206085
Bombay Chronicle [Mar. 1913-1950] 194 17859408
Cutécamittiran [1887-1895; 1901-1904] 6 1781453
Dainika kala [1940-Oct. 4, 1951] 28 41638581
Deccan times [Dec. 23, 1945-Apr. 3, 1948] 1 38919218
Dnyanaprakasa [1914; 1917; 1922-1938] 55 41430423
Forward (Calcutta) [Oct. 25, 1923-Apr. 1929; Nov. 1933-1935] 47 38980733
38919039
Hindu (Madras) [Dec. 1929-1936; 1945-1947; 1969-1983] 166 38053703
13119119
Hindustan Times (New Delhi) [Oct. 1924-1949] 130 36205475
Independent (Allahabad) [1919-1921] 7 11357225
Indian People (Ahallabad) [1903-1909] 4 11313027
Indian spectator / Voice of India (Bombay) [July 1883-1891] 6 8151370
Indu prakasa [Dec. 23, 1883-1895] 7 12853836
Jagarana (Kasi) [Aug. 22, 1932-Feb. 24, 1933] 1 29664447
Janmabhumi (Machilipatnam) Dec.4,1919-Nov.25,1926 3 11387591
Kala (Pune) [Oct. 5, 1951-May 1955] 7 41638625
Khalasa samacara [Nov. 17, 1899-1930] 12 36206183
Leader (Allahabad) [Oct. 24, 1909-1950] 156 38063842
Madras Mail [1868-1872; 1871-1889] 84 31406865
Madras Times [1885; 1900-1914] 182 12779981
Maharashtra (Nagpur) [1914-1916; 1921-1935] 12 42139762
Mofussilite (Calcutta) [Aug. 1845 - May 1876] 64 36654264
National Herald (Lucknow) [Sept. 10, 1938-June 1942; Dec. 1945-May 15, 1962] 99 33446004
Native Opinion [1867-1889] 14 35083415
New India (Madras) [Oct. 1914-May 1928 43 35170422
People's age [Nov. 25, 1945-June 20, 1948] 2 11312754
People's war [July 5, 1942-Nov. 18, 1945] 3 33219449
Pioneer (Allahabad) [1865-1903] 152 38205986
Radiance [Mar. 22, 1964-Oct. 28, 1973] 8 32297169
Searchlight (Patna) [July 15, 1918-Sept. 28, 1961] 119 10308106
Spokesman (New Delhi) [Aug. 22, 1951-Aug. 2, 1965] 10 31459325
Varhadasamacara [June 13, 1868-Mar. 11, 1918] 10 9028875

Nepal

See Nepali newspaper project

Pakistan

Title Dates No. Reels

OCLC No.

Bainde Matram (Lahore) [1906-Oct. 1908; May 18, 1920-Feb. 13, 1926] 17 36206226
Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) [1929-1932] 36 36654365
Lahore Chronicle [Jan. 5, 1850-Nov. 1868] 38 32576907
Pakistan Times (Lahore) [Apr. 1947-May 1950] 15 36205507
Tribune (Lahore) [Feb. 1881-Nov. 22, 1961] 225 36205400

Sri Lanka

Title Dates No. Reels

OCLC No.

Ceylon Observer [1941-1950] 19 12700625
Ceylonese (Colombo) [May 16, 1913-Dec. 2, 1917] 28 41941263
Colombo Journal [1832-1833] 1 42284880


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