Newspapers and journals online

This page contains links to online editions of historical newspapers and periodicals that are of use to the British India family historian.

See also the Newspapers & magazines reading list and Directories.

Allen's Indian Mail

Index to all available editions.

Vol 1, 1843	Vol 1, 1844 from page 257	Vol 3, 1845	Vol 4, 1846	Vol 5, 1847
Vol 6, 1848	Vol 7, 1849	Vol 8, 1850	Vol 9, 1851	Vol 10, 1852
Vol 11, 1853	Vol 12, 1854	Vol 13, 1855	Vol 14, 1856	Vol 15, 1857

Asiatic Annual Register

Vol 1, 1799	1799 (2nd ed)	Vol 2, 1800	Vol 3, 1801	Vol 4, 1802
Vol 5, 1803	Vol 6, 1804	Vol 7, 1805	Vol 8, 1806	1806 (pt 2)
Vol 9, 1807	Vol 10, 1808	Vol 11, 1809	Vol 12, 1810-11

Asiatic Journal

See the separate list of editions of the Asiatic Journal.

Calcutta Annual Register

1821

Calcutta Christian Observer

Index to all available volumes.

Vol 1, June-Dec 1832

Vol 2, Jan-Dec 1833

Vol 3, Jan-Dec 1834

Vol 4, Jan- Dec 1835

Vol 5, Jan-Dec 1836

Vol 6, Jan-Dec 1837

Vol 7, Jan-Dec 1838

Vol 8, Jan –Dec 1839

Vol 1, New Series, Jan-Dec 1840

Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register

Vol 1-3, 1830	Vol 4-6, 1830	Vol 7-9, 1830	Vol 10-12, '1830
Vol 13-16, 1831	Vol 17-20, 1831	Vol 21-24, 1831	n/a
Vol 25-28, 1832	Vol 29-32, 1832	Vol 33-36, 1832	n/a

Calcutta Monthly Journal

Third Series Vol 2, Jan-June 1836	July-Dec 1836
Third Series Vol 3, Jan-June 1837
Third Series Vol 4, Jan-June 1838	July-Dec 1838
Third Series Vol 5, Jan-June 1839

Colonial and Asiatic review

Published in London from 1852-53. Was previously known as Simmond's colonial magazine and foreign miscellany (1844-49) and The Colonial Magazine and East India review (1849-52). Editions can be viewed by page on the National Library of Australia's periodical site.

Google Books has:

Vol I, Jan-Apr 1844	Vol II, May-Aug 1844	Vol III, Sept-Dec 1844	Vol IV, Jan-Apr 1845	Vol V, May-Aug 1845	Vol VI, Sept-Dec 1845
Vol VII, Jan-Apr 1846	Vol VIII, Apr-Aug 1846	Vol IX, Sept-Dec 1846	Vol X, Jan-Apr 1847
			Vol XVI, Jan-June 1849		Vol XVII, July-Dec 1849
Vol I, Jul-Dec 1852	Vol II, Jan-June 1853

Colonial Magazine and Commercial Maritime Journal

Published in London between 1840-42, then under the title Fisher's Colonial Magazine and Commercial Maritime Journal from 1842-43. Editions can be viewed by page on the National Library of Australia's periodical site.

Google Books has:

Vol I, Jan-Apr 1840	Vol II, May-Aug 1840	Vol III, Sept-Dec 1840
Vol IV, Jan-Apr 1841	Vol V, May-Aug 1841	Vol VI, Sept-Dec 1841
Vol VII, Jan-Apr 1842
	Vol III, May-Aug 1843

Oriental Magazine, and Calcutta Review

Volume 1, Jan-June 1823, Volume 2, July-December 1823

Oriental Herald and Colonial Review

Jan-April 1824	May-Aug 1824	Sept-Dec 1824	n/a
Jan-March 1825	Apr-June 1825	July-Sept 1825	Oct-Dec 1825
Jan-March 1826	Apr-June 1826	July-Sept 1826	Oct-Dec 1826
Jan-March 1827	Apr-June 1827	July-Sept 1827	Oct-Dec 1827
Jan-March 1828	Apr-June 1828	July-Sept 1828	Oct-Dec 1828
Jan-March 1829	Apr-June1829	July-Sept 1829	Oct-Dec 1829

Parbury's Oriental Herald and Colonial Intelligencer

Vol 2, July-Dec 1838

Vol 3, Jan-June 1839

Vol 4, July-Dec 1839

Quarterly Oriental Magazine, Review and Register

	Mar/Jun 1824
Jan/Jun 1825	Jul/Dec 1825
Jan/Jun 1826	Jul/Dec 1826
Jan/Jun 1827	Jul/Dec 1827

Pre 1800's-Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)

A number of newspapers from the late 1700’s are available on the website Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO- A part of Gale Digital Collections). The access is restricted to Library Card holders of participating libraries, including the following National Libraries (noting there is generally a residential requirement): Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, State Library of NSW, and many University Libraries. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.

• A List of the Company's civil servants, at their settlements in the East-Indies, the island St. Helena, and China. 1790, 1799. -HEIC lists of senior and junior merchants, factors, and writers
• Bengal calendar. 1787, 1789
• Bengal calendar & register. 1790
• Bengal kalendar and almanack. 1792
• Bengal kalendar and register. 1795, 1800
• Bengal or East-India calendar. 1795 includes details for Madras, Bombay etc
• Bengal register, containing lists of the Hon. Company's civil and military establishments, under the Presidency of Fort William 1787. HEIC employees in Bengal, including surgeons
• Calcutta monthly register. Vol 1, November 1790.
• East India kalendar; or, Asiatic register for Bengal, Madras, Bombay, Fort Marlborough, China, and St. Helena. 1791, 1797
• Oriental magazine; or, Calcutta amusement. 1785