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'''''Bengal Journal''''' was a newspaper founded in 1785 by William Duane and Thomas Jones.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nifor Guide to Indian Periodicals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkNOAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=11 May 2020|year=1955|publisher=National Information Service.|page=323}}</ref><ref name="Aggarwal1988">{{cite book|author=S. K. Aggarwal|title=Press at the crossroads in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQxlAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=11 May 2020|date=1 February 1988|publisher=UDH Publishing House|isbn=978-81-85044-32-3|page=9}}</ref><ref name="Shaw1981">{{cite book|author=Graham Shaw|title=Printing in Calcutta to 1800: a description and checklist of printing in late 18th-century Calcutta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pp8WAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 May 2020|year=1981|publisher=Bibliographical Society|isbn=978-0-19-721792-4|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://scroll.in/magazine/869125/for-indias-docile-media-a-lesson-in-press-freedom-from-18th-century-calcutta | title=For India’s docile media, a lesson in press freedom from 18th century Calcutta | publisher=Scroll | work=Anu Kumar | date=15 March 2018 | accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://historyofthemagazine.tumblr.com/post/101585999320/the-bengal-journal-1785-1791-founders-thomas | title=Bengal Journal | publisher=History of the Magazine | date=2 November 2014 | accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1358484 | title=The English Press in Colonel India | publisher=The Dawn | work=S.M.A. Feroze | date=22 April 2017 | accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref>
'''''Bengal Journal''''' was a newspaper founded in 1785 by [[William Duane (journalist)|William Duane]] and Thomas Jones.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nifor Guide to Indian Periodicals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkNOAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=11 May 2020|year=1955|publisher=National Information Service.|page=323}}</ref><ref name="Aggarwal1988">{{cite book|author=S. K. Aggarwal|title=Press at the crossroads in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQxlAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=11 May 2020|date=1 February 1988|publisher=UDH Publishing House|isbn=978-81-85044-32-3|page=9}}</ref><ref name="Shaw1981">{{cite book|author=Graham Shaw|title=Printing in Calcutta to 1800: a description and checklist of printing in late 18th-century Calcutta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pp8WAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 May 2020|year=1981|publisher=Bibliographical Society|isbn=978-0-19-721792-4|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://scroll.in/magazine/869125/for-indias-docile-media-a-lesson-in-press-freedom-from-18th-century-calcutta | title=For India’s docile media, a lesson in press freedom from 18th century Calcutta | publisher=Scroll | work=Anu Kumar | date=15 March 2018 | accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://historyofthemagazine.tumblr.com/post/101585999320/the-bengal-journal-1785-1791-founders-thomas | title=Bengal Journal | publisher=History of the Magazine | date=2 November 2014 | accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1358484 | title=The English Press in Colonel India | publisher=The Dawn | work=S.M.A. Feroze | date=22 April 2017 | accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref>
 
The Bengal Journal began publishing articles in support of the [[French Revolution]] and an unsubstantiated report of the death of [[Lord Cornwallis]] during a campaign against [[Tipu Sultan]]. The [[Governor-General of India]] [[John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth]] shut down the paper for libel against the French royalist government in exile in Calcutta.<ref>Phillips, Kim T., "William Duane, Philadelphia's Democratic Republicans, and Origins of Modern Politics," ''[[Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography]]'', Vol. 101 (1977), pp. 365–87.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://site.ebrary.com/id/10495567|title="The tyranny of printers": newspaper politics in the early American republic|first=Jeffrey L|last=Pasley|date=1 January 2001|publisher=University Press of Virginia|accessdate=9 September 2016|via=Open WorldCat}}</ref>  


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Latest revision as of 21:42, 16 June 2021

Bengal Journal
Owner(s)William Duane and Thomas Jones
Founded1785
LanguageEnglish language
HeadquartersCalcutta, British India

Bengal Journal was a newspaper founded in 1785 by William Duane and Thomas Jones.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The Bengal Journal began publishing articles in support of the French Revolution and an unsubstantiated report of the death of Lord Cornwallis during a campaign against Tipu Sultan. The Governor-General of India John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth shut down the paper for libel against the French royalist government in exile in Calcutta.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Nifor Guide to Indian Periodicals. National Information Service. 1955. p. 323. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ↑ S. K. Aggarwal (1 February 1988). Press at the crossroads in India. UDH Publishing House. p. 9. ISBN 978-81-85044-32-3. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Graham Shaw (1981). Printing in Calcutta to 1800: a description and checklist of printing in late 18th-century Calcutta. Bibliographical Society. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-19-721792-4. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "For India's docile media, a lesson in press freedom from 18th century Calcutta". Anu Kumar. Scroll. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bengal Journal". History of the Magazine. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "The English Press in Colonel India". S.M.A. Feroze. The Dawn. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Phillips, Kim T., "William Duane, Philadelphia's Democratic Republicans, and Origins of Modern Politics," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 101 (1977), pp. 365–87.
  8. ↑ Pasley, Jeffrey L (1 January 2001). ""The tyranny of printers": newspaper politics in the early American republic". University Press of Virginia. Retrieved 9 September 2016 – via Open WorldCat.
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