South Asian Newspapers on microfilm

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Title Place of publication Language Details of holdings No. of reels/fiches
Advance Calcutta English 1930-31 10 reels
Advocate Lucknow English 1917 1 reel
Aj (Inc Biweekly in 1922) Banares Hindi 1920-51 54 reels
Akashvani Lahore Hindi 1922-23 1 reel
Al Balagh Calcutta Urdu 1915-16 1 reel
Al Hilal Calcutta Urdu 1912-17 4 reels
Aligarh Institute Gazette Aligarh Urdu and English 1886-97, 1901-36 31 reels
Aljamiat Delhi Urdu 1926-39, 1948-53 14 reels – some duplicate
Amrita Bazar Patrika Calcutta English 1905-42 214 reels
Andhra Patrika Madras Telugu 1914-30, 1932-40 110 reels
Arya Lahore Hindi 1926, 1933-37, 1945, 1948-49, 1952-54, 1957-59 3 reels
Arya Musafir Lahore Urdu 1898-1915, 1934 2 reels
Bangladesh Observer Dhaka English 1987, 1992-93 3 reels
Benares Recorder Benares English 1846-47 1 reel
Bengal Hurkaru Calcutta English 1856-1862 16 reels
Bengal Times Dhaka English Jan. 1, 1876-Nov. 1, 1905 30 reels
Bharat Dharma Kashi Hindi 1924 1 reel
Bharat Jiwan Banaras Hindi 1884-1911 11 reels
Bharat Weekly Allahabad Hindi 1928-30 3 reels
Bombay Chronicle Bombay English 1913-59 235 reels
Bombay Sentinel Bombay English 1934-59 113 reels
Bulwuntnamah 1875 1 reel
Calcutta Gazette Calcutta English 1792-93 1 reel
Calcutta Samachar Calcutta Hindi 1914-25 20 reels
Commonweal Adyar English 1914-20 6 reels
Comrade Delhi English 1911-14, 1925 5 reels
Congress Socialist Bombay English 1934-38 3 reels
Dacca News Dacca English Apr. 26, 1856 – Nov.13, 1858 2 reels
Dawn Delhi/Karachi English 1941-47, 1959-86 128

reels

Deccan Times Madras English 1945-49 2 reels
Democrat Allahabad English 1922 1 reel
Devnagar Calcutta Hindi 1907-09 1 reel
Din Bandhu 1893-1912 1 reel
Din Mitra 1910-18, 1925-32 4 reels
Dnyan Prakash Pune Marathi 1914-50 86 reels
Dnyanodaya Pune Marathi 1845-60, 1862-69, 1871-74, 1876-1906 14

reels

Eastern Bengal and Assam era Dhaka English Nov. 4, 1905-Dec. 30, 1908 4 reels (stored with Bengal Times)
Eastern Times Lahore English 1942-48 4 reels
Economic Weekly Bombay English 1949-50 2 reels
Enquiry English Nos1-2 1 reel
Forward (New Forward/Liberty) Calcutta English 1923-29, 1933-35 51

reels

Frontier Calcutta English 1968-78 8 reels
Gujarat Mitra & Gujarat Darpan Surat Gujarati 1894-1949 66 reels
Hamdard Delhi Urdu 1913-15, 1924-28 11 reels
Hans Kashi 1933-43 6 reels
Harijan Ahmedabad English 1933-56 8 reels
Hindi Pradipa Allahabad Hindi 1877-1908 5 reels
Hindu Madras English 1883-1937, 1968-72 417 reels
Hindu Outlook New Delhi English 1938-61 5 reels
Hindu Sansar Delhi Hindi 1925-30 11 reels
Hindustan Times New Delhi English 1924-51, 1978, 1991 140 reels
Hitavada Nagpur English 1913-31 13 reels
Hunkar Patna Hindi 1944-49 4 reels
Independent Allahabad English Feb. 1919 – Dec. 1921 13 reels
Independent Hindustan San Francisco English 1920-21 1 reel
Independent India Bombay English 1937-49 8 reels
Indian Election – Manifesto Collection English 1967 1 reel
Indian Mirror Calcutta English Jan. 1880, May 1880, Oct. 1880, July 1881, Jan 1882, Sept, 1882, Jan. 1883, March 1883, May 1883, Jan. 1884 10 reels
Indian Nation Patna English 1931-35 18 reels
Indian National Herald and Sunday Edition Bombay English 1926-29 15 reels
Indian Opinion English 1903-1914 14 reels
Indian People Allahabad English 1903-09 4 reels
Indian Social Reformer Bombay English 1908-49 24 reels
Indian Spectator Bombay English 1883-1901 15 reels
Indu Prakash Bombay Marathi-English 1883-95 7 reels
Jagriti 1917-24 2 reels
Janata 1932-38 2 reels
Janata Weekly New Delhi 1946-80 23 reels
Janmnabhumi Masulipatam 1919-26 2 reels
Justice Madras English 1928-29,1944-47 1 reel
Jyoti Delhi 1923-30 2 reels
Kaivari 1929-30 1 reel
Karmayogin Calcutta English 1909-10 1 reel
Kesari Kesari Marathi 1881-1920 25 reels
Khalsa Advocate Amritsar English 1903-30 8 reels
Khalsa Samachar Amritsar Punjabi 1899-1930 14 reels
Kirti Amritsar 1926-30, 1933-36 4 reels
Krishna Patrika Machilipatnam Telugu 1902-44 24 reels
Lahore Chronicle Lahore English 1858-59 2 reels
Leader Allahabad English 1909-29, 1939, 1950-51 68 reels
Madras Mail, The Mail and Weekly Mail Madras English 1889, 1931-49,

1972-75

176 reels
Maharashtra Nagpur Marathi 1914-35 12 reels
Maharatta Pune English 1881-1950 36 reels
Marwari Agarwal Calcutta Hindi 1921-25 1 reel
Marx Panthi Calcutta Bengali 1934 1 reel
Marxist Miscellany Bombay English 1945-46 1 reel
Mathrubhumi Calicut Malayalam 1923-40 33 reels
Milap Delhi Urdu 1923-48 43 reels
Mithavadi Calicut Malayalam 1913-20 4 reels
Morning News, Dacca Dacca English 1968-71 5 reels
Muslim 1937-44 3 reels
National Front Bombay English 1938-40 2 reels
National Herald Lucknow English 1938-50 44 reels
Native Opinion Bombay Marathi-English 1867-89 14 reels
Navakal Bombay 1928-33 9 reels
New Age Delhi English 1936-39, 1953-60 7 reels
New India Madras English 1914-28 43 reels
Nizam Vijay Hyderabad Marathi 1921-39 10 reels
Pakistan Times Lahore English 1950-51 2 reels
Pakistani Newspapers Selected Issues English 1970-71 2 reels
Panjabee Lahore English 3 Oct. 1904 – 28 Dec 1907; 1 July 1909 – 30 Dec. 1909 13 reels
The People Lahore English 1925-29, 1931-34 8 reels
People’s Age Bombay English 1945-48 2 reels
People’s War Bombay English 1944-45 3 reels
Poona Sarvajnik Sabha Poona English 1878-95 (v. 1-18) 107 fiche
Rangoon Gazette Rangoon English 1901, 1911, 1939, 1941 11 reels
Rashtravir 1921-35 3 reels
Sainik Agra Hindi 1936-37 2 reels
Sangharsh Lucknow Hindi 1937-52 7 reels
Sapru Correspondence Vols1-29, A1-Z11 13 reels
Searchlight Patna English 1918-48 55 reels
Seminar English Nos 1-24, 39 2 reels
Servant of India Pune English 1918-23 2 reels
Servant of India Society (Reports) Pune English 1905-79 3 reels
Servants of the People Society English 10 reels
Sholapur Samachar Sholapur 1929-39 8 reels – some duplicates
Statesman Calcutta English 1936-51 104 reels
Statesman Weekly Calcutta English 1979 1 reel
Subodh Patrika Bombay Marathi-English 1899-1940 14 reels
Swadeshamitran Madras Tamil 1905-22 59 reels
Tej 1931 1 reel (located with Kaivari)
Times of India Bombay English 1878-79, 1889-1920 223 reels
Tribune Lahore English 1881-1977 274 reels
Varad Samachar Akola Marathi 1868-1898, 1901-18 10 reels
Vartman Kanpur Hindi 1925-48 55 reels
Vijay Maratha Poona 1921-31 4 reels
Workers Weekly Bombay English 1930 1 reel
Working People’s Daily Rangoon English 1969 4 reels
Yogaksheman Trichur Hindi 1920-30 11 reels
Yogaksheman (Weekly) Trichur Hindi 1935-37 1 reel
Young India Ahmedabad English 1919-31 6 reels
Zamana Kanpur Urdu 1906-08, 1910-44 13 reels
Zulqarnain Badaun Urdu 1903-56 23 reels