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Bangladesh

Bangladesh newspapers

CRL's coverage of Bangladesh newspapers includes such titles as:  
Monographs: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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.

India

Curzon, India and empire : the papers of Lord Curzon (1859-1925) from the Oriental and India Office Collections at the British Library, London
Adam Matthew Publications
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.
Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and Marathi Jewish printing in India
IDC Publishers
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. 
India Newspapers

CRL holds extensive runs of newspapers and news resources from India, including publications in English and vernacular languages. Some major titles include:
Publications proscribed by the government of India.
Research Publications
-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.
Statistical abstract relating to British India
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 as page images as well as in Excel formatted spreadsheets.

Nepal

Nepal newspapers

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

Pakistan

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

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

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka newspapers

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


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Publications proscribed by the government of India.

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.

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

The Center received a broad selection of commercially-produced serials published in Bangladesh from 1972 and from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka since 1969. 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.

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

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.

Indian election manifestos, 1967.

These are political party platform statements from the 1967 general election. The Center acquired these through the cooperation of the Foreign Area Materials Center of the State University of New York. The materials are cataloged separately under the name of the party:
  • Bangla Congress (#22065018)
  • Communist Party of India
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist
  • Congress Party
  • Forward Bloc
  • Hindu Mahasabha
  • Jana Sangh
  • Praja Socialist Party
  • Republican Party of India

Government documents: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

The Center has been receiving government documents through the Foreign Acquisition Program since 1958 from the Indian central government and by the various states; from Bangladesh since its establishment as an independent state; from Pakistan and Sri Lanka since 1964; and from Nepal from 1966 to date. Most of the Center's holdings are not cataloged, but are shelved in the foreign documents collection by issuing agency and title. Bibliographic access is through the guides listed below: GUIDE: Accessions list : Bangladesh. Accessions list : Ceylon. Accessions list : India.