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

• Newspapers & magazines reading list
• Directories
• Military periodicals online

Alexander's East India and Colonial Magazine

The following volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.

• Alexander's East India Magazine, and Colonial And Commercial Journal Volume 7, January-June 1834., Index computer page 6
• Alexander's East India and Colonial Magazine January 1835. Contents, computer page 14
• Alexander's East India and Colonial Magazine April 1835. Contents computer page 8
• Alexander's East India and Colonial Magazine Volume 13, January-June 1837. Contents, computer page 8

Allen's Indian Mail

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 Gazette

• The Calcutta Gazette was one of the official newspapers of the Government of India and its provincial governments, where official information was ‘gazetted’. Available on the Digital Library of India website for the years 1846 and 1872 to post independence (broken series). These volumes may be read online, but the volumes are not searchable. Some volumes, 1846 and 1872- 1942 (broken series) are also available on the website "DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library" under the subject category Gazetteers as searchable pdf files.

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

Gazette of India

• The Gazette of India was the official newspaper of the Government of India, where official information was ‘gazetted’. Available on the Digital Library of India website for the years 1877-1918 (broken series). These volumes may be read online, but the volumes are not searchable. Some volumes 1877-1918 (broken series) are also available on the website "DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library" under the subject category Gazetteers as searchable pdf files.

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

Websites Accessible by participating Library Cardholders

There are four sites which contain online newspapers, journals, directories etc, published in India.

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. At least one site, ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.

The sites are

The Making of the Modern World

The Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850

For details about the publications published in India included in these four sites, refer Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories