South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies [1]

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CRL Collections

The references below feature the strengths of CRL's holdings. Links point to more detailed descriptions in our catalog, and where available point to digital version of the content or digitized finding aids for microfilm. Collecting in this area continues through the purchase programs [2].

Bangladesh

Bangladesh newspapers

CRL's coverage of Bangladesh newspapers includes such titles as:

Ājāda [3] = The azad (Dhaka) [1963-1970]
Bangladesh observer [4] (Dhaka) [1962–1995]
Dainika ittephāka [5] = Daily ittefaq (Dhaka) [1962-2004]
East Bengal times [6] (Dhaka) [1933-1939]
Morning news [7] (Dhaka) [1962-1975]
Purbadeśa [8] (Dhaka) [1963-1975]
Sambada [9](Daily Sangbad) [1955–2004]
Yugabherī [10](Sylhet) [1972-1990]

Uncataloged

Monographs: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Temporal Coverage: 1958-1984

The Center received a fairly comprehensive selection of commercially-published monographs published in Bangladesh from 1972 through July 1984; from India for the period of 1958 to July 1984; and from Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from July 1968 through July 1984. Most of the Center's holdings are cataloged; additional bibliographic access is through the guide listed below: GUIDE: Accessions list : Bangladesh. Accessions list : Ceylon. Accessions list : India. Accessions list : Nepal. Accessions list : Pakistan. Accessions list : South Asia. Accessions list : Sri Lanka.

Uncataloged

India

Curzon, India and empire : the papers of Lord Curzon (1859-1925) from the Oriental and India Office Collections at the British Library, London

Publisher : Adam Matthew Publications

Temporal Coverage: 1898-1905

The papers of George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India from 1898 to 1905, document aspects of Curzon's involvement with India, including the creation of the North West Frontier Province in 1901 as well as the partition of Bengal in 1905.

CRL owns Part 1 (29 reels) of this set: "Demi-official correspondence, c.1898-1905." This set documents Curzon's correspondence with the Queen-Empress and King-Emperor; correspondence and telegrams to and from the Secretary of State 1899-1905; and correspondence with various persons in England and India. Content is drawn from Mss Eur F 111/135-136, 142-164, 169-175, 181-183, 199-211, 213, 216, and Mss Eur F 112/412-413.

Catalog Record [11] Online Guide [12]

Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and Marathi Jewish printing in India

Publisher : IDC Publishers

Temporal Coverage: ca. 1832-1998

657 rare printed books held by the Valmadonna Trust Library, London. Covers various aspects including Hebrew poetry and liturgical history, Eastern Judeo-Arabic literature, and the folklore, traditions and vernacular writings of the Jews of South Asia. Titles cataloged individually.

Catalog Record [13] Online Guide [14]

India Newspapers

CRL holds extensive runs of newspapers and news resources from India, including publications in English and vernacular languages. Some major titles include:

Amrita Bazar Patrika [15] (Calcutta) - [1905–1995]
Āryāvarta [16] (Patna) - [1961–2000]
Assam tribune [17] (Dibrugarh) - [1962–2004]
Blitz [18](Bombay) - [1961–1998]
Dainika Asama [19] = Dainik Asam (Gauhati) - [1968–2000]
Deccan Chronicle [20] (Secunderabad) - [1962–2004]
Financial Express [21] (Bombay) - [1963–2005]
Gomantaka [22] (Panaji) - [1966–2004]
Gujarāta samācāra [23] = Gujarat samachar (Ahmedabad) [1966–2004]
The Hindu [24] (Madras) - 1929–1983
Hindustan Times [25] (Delhi) - [1924–2005]
Hindustānu [26]= The Hindustan Sindhi daily (Bombay) - [1962–1997]
Indian Express [27] (Madras) - [1962–2005]
Mainstream [28](New Delhi) - [1966– ]
Malayala Manorama [29] (Tiruvantapuraṃ) - [1992– ]
Mātṛbhūmi [30] = The mathrubhumi (Calicut) - [1961–2000]
Mumbaī samācāra [31] = The Bombay samachar (Bombay) - [1962–1996]
New Age [32] (New Delhi) - [1958–2003]
Partāp [33](New Delhi) - [1961– ]
Prajavani [34](Bangalore) - [1962–2004]
Rozānā akālī pattrakā [35] = The daily akali patrika (Jalandhar) - [1962–2004]
Samāja [36] = The Samaj (Cuttack) - [1961–2004]
Spokesman [37](New Delhi) 1951–1989
Statesman [38](Kolkata) - 1878–2005
Times of India [39] (Delhi) - [1897– ]
Tribune [40] (Chandigarh) - [1962-2005]

Uncataloged

Publications proscribed by the government of India.

Publisher : Research Publications

Temporal Coverage: -1947

GUIDE: Publications proscribed by the government of India, a Catalogue of the collections in India Office Library and Records and the Dept. of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books. The set reproduces over 1,600 items banned by the British Government in India prior to 1947. The collections include material in English and the vernacular languages of India. An index is included on the reels.

Catalog Record [41]

Statistical abstract relating to British India

Temporal Coverage: 1867-1922

CRL owns v.1-55 (1867-1922) of the Statistical Abstract Relating to British India, a key statistical resource for scholars of Indian history. Select volumes (1840-1920) have been digitized by the Digital South Asia Library [42] as page images as well as in Excel formatted spreadsheets.

Catalog Record [43] - Electronic Version [44]

Nepal

Nepal newspapers

CRL and SAMP's coverage of Bangladesh newspapers includes such titles as:

Cetanā [45](Kathmandu) [1970-1982]
Commoner [46](Kathmandu) [1962-1994]
Dainika Nepāla [47] (Kathmandu) [1959-1967]
Gorakhāpatra [48] (Kathmandu) [1968-2004]
Janmabhūmi [49](Kathmandu) [1970-1999]
Nayām sandeśa [50] (Kathmandu) [1966-1985]
Nepāla bhāshā patrikā [51] (Kathmandu) [1973-1984]
Nepāla tāimsa [52] (Kathmandu) [1966-1970, 1978-1984]
Rising Nepal [53] (Kathmandu) [1966-2004]
Samāja [54] (Kathmandu) [1957-1996]

Uncataloged

Pakistan

British intelligence on the North-West Frontier, 1901-1949 : India Office political and secret reports on tribes and terrorism

Publisher : IDC Publishers

Temporal Coverage: 1901-1949

This collection, drawn from the files of the India Office Political and Secret Department archives in the British Library, consists of detailed secret and confidential reports from Frontier Agents in the tribal borderlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan, from the constitution of the British Indian 'North-West Frontier Province' through 1949. Material has been arranged in five groups:

BIN-1. Memoranda of information on North-West Frontier affairs, 1901-1911
BIN-2. Intelligence diaries, 1911-1930
BIN-3. Annual reports and arrangements for intelligence gathering, 1922-1942
BIN-4. Weekly intelligence diaries and summaries, 1931-1947
BIN-5. Waziristan disturbances, 1937-1949

Catalog Record [55] Online Guide [56]

Pakistan newspapers

CRL and SAMP's coverage of Pakistan's newspapers includes such titles as:

Bainde matram [57] (Lahore) [1920-1926]
Ak̲h̲bār-i k̲h̲avātīn [58] (Karachi) [1968-1997]
Business recorder( [59]Karachi) [1965-2000]
Civil & military gazette [60] (Lahore) [1929-1932]
Daily business post [61] (Karachi) [1963-1973]
Dawn (Karachi) [62] [1941-2004]
Frontier times [63](Peshawar) [1987-1955]
Imroz̲ [64](Lahore) [1962-1991]
Jang [65](Karachi) [1962-2004]
Khyber mail [66](Peshawar) [1963-1989]
Lahore Chronicle [67](Lahore) [1850-1868]
Navā-yi vaqt [68] (Lahore) [1962-2004]
Pakistan times [69] (Lahore) [1947-1996]
Quetta times [70] (Quetta) [1995-2015]

Uncataloged

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka newspapers

CRL and SAMP's coverage of Sri Lanka's newspapers includes such titles as:

Ceylon daily news [71] (Colombo) [1941-2001]
Ceylon observer [72] (Colombo) [1886-1922, 1941-1950, 1967-1980]
Colombo overland observer [73] [1864-1886]
Dinamiṇa [74](Colombo) [1967–2004]
Silumịna [75] (Colombo) [1967-1996]
Siyarạta [76] (Piḷiyandala) [1976-1994]
Sri Lanka news [77](Colombo) [1981-2002]
Sunday Times [78] (Colombo) [1967-1975]
Times of Ceylon [79] (Colombo) [1901-1975]
Tin̲akaran̲ [80] (Colombo) [1967-1996]

Uncataloged

All Topic Guides [87]

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Bangladesh

India

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

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