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*Nearly 4,000 entries transcribed from the Madras Courier have been uploaded to the FIBIS database website, see FIBIS database [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1144&s_id=103 Madrid Courier 1792-1819] (broken range, 16 datasets).
*Added 30 January 2020, ''Madras Courier'' is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is May 12, 1790 to December 29, 1818, with issues 1790-1795, 1798, 1800-1813, 1815-1816, 1818, with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/madras-courier BNA page]. 1817 further added 21 February 2020. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date". Also see [[Newspapers and journals online#Pay websites|Pay websites]], below.
==[Madras] Government Gazette==
Published in Madras, ''Government Gazette'' is catalogued by Findmypast/BNA as ''Government Gazette (India)''.
It is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals"/British Newspapers, (classified 'County' Tamil Nadu) with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, (introduced Feb 10, 2021) with initial date range October 15, 1801 to December 31, 1832 with issues 1801-1802, 1804-1832, with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/government-gazette-india BNA page]. For BNA the 'Region' is classified Southern, India and the "County' Tamil Nadu. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
==Madras Weekly Mail==
''The Madras Weekly Mail'' was the weekly offshoot of India’s first evening paper ''The Madras Mail''. ''The Madras Mail'' became simply the ''The Mail'' in 1928, before eventually ceasing publication in 1981.<ref name=Jan4/>
:''Indian Statesman''
:''Madras Courier''
:[Madras] ''Government Gazette''. Catalogued as ''Government Gazette (India)'' by Findmypast/BNA
:''Madras Weekly Mail''
:''Naval & Military Gazette and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service''
:The India newspapers above may be located by filtering "By County": Karnataka, India; Lahore, Pakistan; Maharashtra, India; Tamil Nadu, India; West Bengal, India. However note ''Indian Statesman'', although published in Bombay , has been classified as part of West Bengal.
:There is also the Findmypast category "Newspapers & Periodicals"/US & World newspapers, whose newspapers are '''not''' available on the British Newspaper Archive, as possibly they do not come from the British Library. See [[China]] for some publications.
*[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/help/about British Newspaper Archive], a findmypast company, is a pay site, with newspapers from the collection of the [[British Library]]. The majority of the newspapers were published 1830-1950 and now includes some Irish, Canadian, Jamaican etc newspapers, which are listed under individual newspaper titles, or under Regions. However the website does include some published pre 1800 and some post 1950, with details on this [http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles list of publications]. See Findmypast above, for the India related newspapers. BNA classifies those published in India and Pakistan into four Regions which can be selected for Searching: "Eastern, India" (''Calcutta Gazette, Englishman's Overland Mail, Friend of India and Statesman, Indian Daily News''); "Southern, India" (''Bangalore Spectator, Madras Courier, [Madras] ''Government Gazette (India)'', Madras Weekly Mail''); "Western, India" (''Bombay Gazette, Times of India, Voice of India ''); "Punjab, Pakistan" (''Civil & Military Gazette''). However note ''Indian Statesman'', although published in Bombay , has been classified as part of "Eastern, India".
:This website may also be accessed (free) from the [[British Library]] Reading Rooms.
*[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Default.aspx NewspaperArchive] is an American pay website which includes British newspapers and other publications. British newspapers may include information about people and events in India. A researcher found the newspaper ''Week's News'' contained B,M,D announcements for India. The following volumes with a (probable) India connection were noted, all published in Britain:
