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EAP262/1
- Record Id:
- 032-004275705
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004275705
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100151720410.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP262/1
- Title:
- Collection of two rare newspapers presently housed at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta: Amrita Bazar Patrika and Jugantar Patrika. (1870-1980)
- Scope & Content:
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Two newspapers; Amrita Bazar Patrika started publishing as a Bengali language weekly from Jessore, then transformed to a bi-lingual weekly from 1870 and transferred to Calcutta in the same year. From 1878, following the Vernacular Press (Regulation) Act, the newspaper started publishing as an English language weekly and from 1895 the publication converted to English language daily that continued till 1993.
The other newspaper, Jugantar Patrika was a vernacular organ of the same house which started publishing from 1937. It is a Bengali Language counterpart of Amrita Bazar and continued till 1993. Amrita Bazar Patrika has often been treated as a Nationalist counterpart of The Statesman, the English language newspaper representing the colonial government. Amrita Bazar Patrika was known for its nationalist position. During post-colonial India both newspapers played a crucial role in critical appraisal of development projects and government policies.
Both newspapers have been retrieved in their physical form from the abandoned building of the newspaper office with kind cooperation of the Amrita Bazar Patrika - Jugantar - Amrita Patrika Employees Association, and the United Bank of India, to which the building had been mortgaged till 2007. Presently the physical copies are stored at the Jadunath Sarkar Centre for Historical Research of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.
Most of the volumes of both newspapers are in very poor condition and almost in paper-pulp state. It would really be difficult to maintain shelf-life of original copies after digitisation.
Extent and format of original material: Two newspapers consisting of approximately 200,000 pages.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Retrieval of two major and endangered newspapers: Jugantar and Amrita Bazar Patrika.
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004275705
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP262/1/1 : Amrita Bazar Patrika (1870-1949)
EAP262/1/2 : Jugantar Patrika. (1937-1980)
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- 032-004275705
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Two newspapers: 187477 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP262-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Bengali
English - Scripts:
- Bengali
Latin - Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1976
- Date Range:
- 1870-1976
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 22.47503
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 88.39227
- Latitude (Degree):
- N 22°28’30”
- Longitude (Degree):
- E 88°23’32”
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- None of the publications are copyrighted till 1955. From 1956 onwards articles and images published in the newspaper are copyrighted according to the "Patent and Copyright Law of the Government of India, 1956.
- Custodial History:
- Material in this Collection was created as part of the EAP262, 'Retrieval of two major and endangered newspapers: Jugantar and Amrita Bazar Patrika' project, with the cooperation of the Amrita Bazar Patrika - Jugantar - Amrita Patrika Employees Association, and the United Bank of India
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Mr Abhijit Bhattacharya, February 2011 & March 2011 (Accession Record EAP262/1 & EAP262/2)
- Arrangement:
- Materials are arranged by the title, years and issue of publication.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP262 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. In this collection, it created digital copies of material with the cooperation of the Amrita Bazar Patrika - Jugantar - Amrita Patrika Employees Association, and the United Bank of India. The project is housed at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. Archival Partner: Urban History Documentation Archive of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies have been deposited with the British Library, one copy will be retained by the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), one access copy in low resolution PDF will be migrated to the University of Heidelberg server for unrestricted open access on completion of project. CSSSC will try to retain as many paper copies as possible in its Jadunath Sarkar Centre for Historical Research.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material has been deposited with the Jadunath Sarkar Centre for Historical Research of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)