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	\| name = Sambad Kaumudi<br />সংবাদ কৌমুদী		\| name = Sambad Kaumudi<br />সংবাদ কৌমুদী
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	\| type = Weekly [[newspaper]]		\| type = Weekly [[newspaper]]
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	\| ~~foundation~~ = 1819		\| founded = 1819
	\| owners = [[Raja Rammohan Roy]]		\| owners = [[Raja Rammohan Roy]]
	\| publisher = [[Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay]], Gobinda Chandra Kongar		\| publisher = [[Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay]], Gobinda Chandra Kongar
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	\| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal]]		\| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal]]
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	\| ~~ceased publication~~ = 1836		\| ceased_publication = 1836
	\| ~~political~~ = none		\| political_position = none
	}}		}}

	'''''Sambad Kaumudi''''' ({{~~lang-~~bn\|সংবাদ কৌমুদী}}) was a [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] weekly newspaper published from [[Kolkata]] in the first half of the 19th century by [[Ram Mohan Roy]]. It was a noted pro-Reformist publication that actively campaigned for the abolition(stop) of the [[Sati (practice)\|Sati]] Pratha.		'''''Sambad Kaumudi''''' ({{langx\|bn\|সংবাদ কৌমুদী}}) was a [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] weekly newspaper published from [[Kolkata]] in the first half of the 19th century by [[Ram Mohan Roy]]. It was a noted pro-Reformist publication that actively campaigned for the abolition(stop) of the [[Sati (practice)\|Sati]] Pratha.

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	\| name = Sambad Kaumudi<br />সংবাদ কৌমুদী		\| name = Sambad Kaumudi<br />সংবাদ কৌমুদী
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| type = Weekly [[newspaper]]		\| type = Weekly [[newspaper]]
	\| format =		\| format =
	\| foundation = 1819		\| foundation = 1819
	\| owners = [[Raja ~~Rammohun~~ Roy]]		\| owners = [[Raja Rammohan Roy]]
	\| publisher = [[Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay]], Gobinda Chandra Kongar		\| publisher = [[Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay]], Gobinda Chandra Kongar
	\| editor = Bhabani Charan ,Bandyopadhyay, Harihar Dutta, Gobinda Chandra Kongar, Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay		\| editor = Bhabani Charan ,Bandyopadhyay, Harihar Dutta, Gobinda Chandra Kongar, Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay
	\| language = [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]		\| language = [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]
	\| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal]]		\| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal]]
	\| circulation =		\| circulation =
	\| ceased publication = 1836		\| ceased publication = 1836
	\| political = none		\| political = none
	}}		}}

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{{Infobox Newspaper
| name = Sambad Kaumudi<br />সংবাদ কৌমুদী
| image =
| caption =
| type = Weekly [[newspaper]]
| format =
| foundation = 1819
| owners = [[Raja Rammohun Roy]]
| publisher = [[Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay]], Gobinda Chandra Kongar
| editor = Bhabani Charan ,Bandyopadhyay, Harihar Dutta, Gobinda Chandra Kongar, Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal]]
| circulation =
| ceased publication = 1836
| political = none
}}

'''''Sambad Kaumudi''''' ({{lang-bn|সংবাদ কৌমুদী}}) was a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] weekly newspaper published from [[Kolkata]] in the first half of the 19th century by [[Ram Mohan Roy]]. It was a noted pro-Reformist publication that actively campaigned for the abolition(stop) of the [[Sati (practice)|Sati]] Pratha.

== History ==

In the prospectus for the ''Sambad Kaumudi'', published in English and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] in November 1821, [[Ram Mohan Roy|Ram Mohan]] appealed to his countrymen to lend him "the support and patronage of all who feel themselves interested in the moral and intellectual improvement of our countrymen". In the same prospectus, he further stated that religious, moral and political matters, domestic occurrence, foreign as well as local intelligence including original communications on various hitherto unpublished interesting local topics, etc. would be published in the ''Sambad Kaumudi'' every Tuesday.

Although [[Ram Mohan Roy]] was the owner, ''Kaumudi'' was actually published in the name of [[Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay]].<ref name="bengal">{{cite book|title=Social Ideas and Social Change in Bengal 1818–1835|publisher=Brill Archive|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qckUAAAAIAAJ}}</ref> The latter soon found [[Ram Mohan Roy|Ram Mohan]]'s ideas too radical and parted company to start a rival newspaper called [[Samachar Chandrika]], which became an organ of orthodox [[Hinduism]]. According to different source, ''Kaumudi'' was started by Tarachand Dutta and Bhabani Charan Bandopadhyay.<ref name="enc">{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedic History of Indian Freedom Movement|last=Om Prakash|publisher=Anmol Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsHhe16EbiMC|isbn=81-261-0938-6|page=52}}</ref> The first issue of ''Sambad Kaumudi'' appeared on December 4, 1821.<ref name="bengal" /><ref name="enc" /> It contained an 'Appeal to the Bengali Public' in which it proclaimed that the primary object of its publication was to promote the 'public good'. On December 20, 1821, the ''[[Calcutta Journal]]'' brought out an editorial, commenting on the publication of this "new [[Bengali language|Bengali]] newspaper edited by a learned [[Hindu|Hindoo]]". It also reproduced the prospectus and the 'Appeal to the Bengali Public'. In the appeal, [[Ram Mohan Roy]] said:

{{cquote|It is our intention hereafter to give further currency to the Articles inserted in this paper, by translating the most interesting parts in the different languages of the East, particularly [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Hindustani language|Hindoostanee]]; but all this will entail considerable expense, the accomplishment of it will, of course, depend upon the encouragement which we may be able to obtain. The foregoing being an outline of what we are desirous of performing, our countrymen will readily conclude that although the paper in question be conducted by us, and may consequently be considered our property, yet virtually it is the 'paper of the public' since in it they can at all times have inserted, anything that tends to the public good ...<ref name="enc" />}}

Though [[Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay]] was nominally in charge of this weekly till the publication of its thirteenth issue, [[Ram Mohan Roy|Ram Mohan]] was its promoter, and for all practical purposes, also its editor. After Bhabani Charan Bandyopadhyay, Harihar Dutta was the editor for some time, followed by Gobinda Chandra Kongar. Due to lack of sufficient patronage ''Kaumudi'' had to stop publication in October 1822. In April 1823 a license was granted under the new Press Regulation to Gobinda Chandra Kongar to publish and Ananda Gopal Mukherji to edit the newspaper.<ref name="bengal" />{{rp|87}}

== Campaign against Sati ==

''Sambad Kaumudi'' regularly editorialised against [[Sati (practice)|Sati]], denouncing it as barbaric and un-[[Hindu]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A history of Indian literature in English|last=Arvind Krishna Mehrotra|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKlgMkWM-WgC|isbn=1-85065-680-0|page=35}}</ref> It was the main vehicle of [[Ram Mohan Roy]]'s campaign against [[Sati (practice)|Sati]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Widows in India|publisher=APH Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhC8heorB-QC|isbn=81-7024-529-X|page=2 | first=T. N. | last=Kitchlu}}</ref> The editorial in the ''[[Calcutta Journal]]'' on February 14, 1823 observed, "The paper which was considered so fraught with danger and likely to explode over all India like a spark thrown into a barrel of gunpowder, has long since fallen to the ground for want of support; chiefly we understand because it offended the native community by opposing some of three customs, and particularly the burning of [[Hindu|Hindoo]] widows, etc."<ref name="enc" /> [[Governor-General of India|Governor-General]] [[Lord William Bentinck|Bentinck]], largely (though not exclusively) instigated by [[Ram Mohan Roy]], responded to the growing public outcry by outlawing [[Sati (practice)|Sati]] in 1829.

== Government Attitude ==

The Government viewed the newspaper with an eye of suspicion. The officials believed that the newspaper was inspired by the ''[[Calcutta Journal]]'' and patronized by its owner [[James Silk Buckingham]]. The [[Asiatic Journal]], the unofficial organ of the [[East India Company]] published from [[London]] took [[James Silk Buckingham|Buckingham]] to task for encouraging and patronizing an Indian newspaper like the ''Sambad Kaumudi'' which, it thought, could serve no other purpose that to promote Indian disaffection against [[British people|British]] rule.<ref name="bengal" />

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