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| name = The Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle<br />
| image = File:The Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle. Volume 4, Number 105, Friday, October 30, 1829.PNG<br />
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| caption = Front page of Bengal Hurkaru from Friday, 30 October 1829<br />
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]<br />
| founder = Hugh Boyd<br />
| foundation = 19 February 1795<br />
| language = [[English language|English]]<br />
| ceased publication = December 1866<br />
| headquarters = [[Calcutta]]<br />
| publishing_country = [[India]]<br />
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'''''The Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle''''' (often abbreviated '''''Bengal Hurkaru''''') was an English-language newspaper published in [[Calcutta]], [[British India]] from 1795 to 1866.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/16067/#collection=bengal-hurkaru-newspaper-collection|title=Bengal Hurkaru. Volume 11, Number 520, Tuesday, January 1, 1805|date=1805-01-01|access-date=2018-02-16|language=en}}</ref> <br />
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The paper was originally named ''The Bengal Hurkaru'', but after its absorption of another Calcuttan paper, ''The Bengal Chronicle'', in 1827, the named was changed. The paper's name uses the Bengali word ''hurkaru'', which derives from the Persian ''harkara (''messenger'')''.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The newspaper started out as a weekly, but became a daily on 29 April 1819. Most of the circulation was among the British military, merchants, and civil workforce, but a few subscribers came from the Bengali community as well. The paper absorbed ''Scotsman in the East'' in 1825, ''The'' ''Bengal Chronicle'' in 1827, and, finally, ''The'' ''India Gazette'' in 1834.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Early phase of printing in Calcutta]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.wdl.org/en/search/?collection=bengal-hurkaru-newspaper-collection Bengal Hukaru editions from 1805 to 1834 digitized by the Library of Congress]<br />
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