| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | E.A. Smedley |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Lahore, British India (later Pakistan) |
The Civil and Military Gazette was a daily English-language newspaper founded in 1872 in British India. It was published from Lahore, Simla and Karachi, some times simultaneously, until its closure in 1963.[1] The archives are owned by Lahore-based businessman Humayun Naseer Shaikh and have been digitized by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Citizens Archive of Pakistan.
History[edit | edit source]
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Editor |
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| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Lahore, British India (later Pakistan) |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Simla, British India (later India) |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Karachi, British India (later Pakistan) |
The Civil and Military Gazette was founded in Lahore and Simla in 1872. It was a merger of The Mofussilite in Calcutta, and the Lahore Chronicle and Indian Public Opinion and Panjab Times in Lahore.[1][2]
The Lahore and Simla editions of the paper continued to be published concurrently until 1949, when the Simla branch was closed.
The Civil and Military Gazette began publishing in Karachi a week before its branch in Simla closed. However, the CMG in Karachi was very short-lived, the publication lasting a mere 4 years.
During the CMG's publication in Lahore, Simla, and Karachi, the frequency of publication changed thrice as follows:
| Date changed | Until | Frequency of Publication | Branches affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1929 | November 14, 1932 | Daily (except Tuesday) | Lahore, Simla |
| November 15, 1932 | December 27, 1932 | Daily | Lahore, Simla |
| June 1, 1945 | October 24, 1949 | Daily (except Monday) | Lahore, Karachi |
Notable staff members[edit | edit source]
Rudyard Kipling[edit | edit source]
The Civil and Military Gazette was the workplace of renowned British author and poet, Rudyard Kipling. It was referred to by Kipling as his "mistress and most true love."[3]
Kipling was assistant editor of the CMG, a job procured for him by his father, who was curator of the Lahore Museum,[4] when it was decided that he lacked the academic ability to get into Oxford University on a scholarship.[5]
When Kipling joined the staff at the Lahore CMG in 1882, the editor-in-chief was Stephen Wheeler. 1886 brought a change of editors at the newspaper. Kay Robinson, the new editor, allowed more creative freedom, and Kipling was asked to contribute short stories to the newspaper.[6] His first collection of short stories, Plain Tales from the Hills, contained 28 stories that had initially found publication in the CMG.[7]
Rudyard Kipling eventually left The Civil and Military Gazette in 1887, to move to its sister-newspaper in Allahabad, The Pioneer.[4]
CE Newham[edit | edit source]
CE Newham remained acting editor of the paper during 1928-1929. After that he remained editor during 1929-1930.
Abdul Hamid Sheikh[edit | edit source]
The last editor of the CMG was Abdul Hamid Sheikh, who wrote Lahore Notes under 'HS' in The Pakistan Times after the CMG shut down.
Mahbub Jamal Zahedi[edit | edit source]
Mahbub Jamal Zahedi joined The Civil and Military Gazette in 1963, at a time when its last branch, situated in Lahore, was about to cease publication. He served there for only a few months, before he moved to Dawn in Karachi.[8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Asiamap: Archives Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ↑ Indian English through newspapers: By Asima Ranjan Parhi, Retrieved September 11, 2010.
- ↑ Kipling, Rudyard (1935). "Something of mysel". public domain. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2008.also: 1935/1990. Something of myself and other autobiographical writings. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-40584-X.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vicyorianweb.Org: Rudyard Kipling Chronology, Retrieved September 11, 2010.
- ↑ Carpenter, Henry and Mari Prichard. 1984. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. pp. 296–297. ISBN 0-19-860228-6
- ↑ Rutherford, Andrew (1987). Introduction to the Oxford World's Classics edition of "Plain Tales from the Hills", by Rudyard Kipling. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-281652-7
- ↑ Carpenter, H. and M. Prichard. 1984. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, Oxford University Press, Oxford, and New York. ISBN 0-19-860228-6
- ↑ "MJ Zahedi no more". The Daily Star. December 26, 2008. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2010.