Date of tip: August 2013-September 2014
Source: Andrew Otis, otis.andrew@gmail.com
Location: Plot No.1A, Belvedere Road, Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700027
How to get there: Take the Metro to Jatin Das Park. Take a Khidderpore bound auto. Get down at the Western side gate of the National Library. The main building is the modern concrete building to the south, not the Colonial Mansion (formerly Warren Hastings's)
Language: English, Bengali
Getting started: You will need a photocopy of your passport and visa, two passport photos, and may need a letter of introduction from your supervisor or institution. Also a filled out "Reading Room Member" application form. Available online.
Opening Hours: 9am-8pm. Reprography (microfilm) division closes at 5:30pm
General working conditions: Air conditioned. Staff smokes in the central building space. Fair conditions.
Policy on technology: Laptops allowed on request. Bring a printed request, in triplicate. Requests are valid for 3 months. No photography.
Photocopy policy: Photocopies on request. At one point the "reprography division," where the microfilms are kept, gave digital copies but they discontinued that practice. They will only give 1/3 of the total document.
Particularities: There is a cafeteria on the North East side of the Compound. Food quality is poor. Outside the main gate is a Sugarr & Spice, that serves passable shwarma, especially if you ask for it without mayonnaise.
Reprography (microfilm) division holdings (Second floor):
Advance |
07.1931 to 10.1945 |
Advocate |
03.1923 to .12.1923 |
African Times |
1862 to 1902 (gaps) |
Agraukhbar |
03.02.1844 to 05.28.1844 and 03.1846 |
Amrita Bazar Patrika |
01.1947 to 12.1969 |
Ananda Bazar Patrika |
01.01.1948 to 31.12.1974 |
Anglo Indian Gazette |
03.08.1878 to 07.12.1912 |
Bandemataram |
08.1906 to 10.1908 |
Behar Herald |
20.07.1898 to 31.12.1910 |
Bengal Harkaru and the Indian Gazette |
07.1828 to 05.1866 (gaps) |
Bombay Chronicle |
1947 |
Bombay Courier |
1793 to 1800 |
Bombay Samachar |
01.1981 to 04.1984 |
Bombay Standard |
1858 to 1859 |
Bombay Times |
11.1838 to 10.05.1861 |
Calcutta Chronicle |
1792 to 1793 (gaps) |
Calcutta Courier |
1832 to 1842 |
Calcutta Gazette & Commercial Advertiser |
10.1828 to 12.1828 and 09.1829 |
Calcutta Morning Post |
23.02.1810 to 27.12.1811 |
Calcutta Spectator |
02.08.1913 to 19.08.1914 |
Calcutta Star |
14.07.1843 to 30.06.1850 |
Carnatic Telegraph & Madras Exchange |
18.05.1838 to 18.08.1860 |
Christian Herald and Singha of our Times |
08.03.1923 to 20.12.1923 |
Forward |
01.04.1924 to 31.10.1928 |
Friend of India |
01.1838 to 10.1883 |
Hicky's Bengal Gazette |
01.29.1780 to end of 1781 Technically in the rare books sections |
Hindoo Patriot |
04.1854 to 08.1923 (gaps) |
Hindusthan Standard |
01.07.1947 to 30.09.1947 |
Hyde's Papers (Notebooks) |
In 18 Reels. Volumes 4-59 (19.11.1777 to 02.07.1798). Volumes 54-59 (Reel 18 01.1797 to 02.07.1798) unreadable due to water or acid damage. Volumes 1-3 not microfilmed, too brittle. Reel 2 missing. Reel 3 ink nearly illegible. Dates on Reel 4 are incorrect. Reels 10, 13, 14, 16, 18 acid damaged.
The Originals are at the Victoria Memorial
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Indian Mirror |
01.1883 to 12.1923 (gaps) |
Indian nation |
05.01.1891 to 19.12.1910 |
Jibanananda Das Mss. |
Reel 1-10 |
John Bull |
01.1824 to 12.1832 |
Modern Review |
01.1907 to 12.1966 |
Mss. Of Professor Sukumar Sen |
Reel 1-46 |
Mussalman |
04.01.1907 to 18.09.1933 |
New India |
12.08.1901 to 20.02.1904 |
Rangoon Gazette |
11.1922 to 12.1923 |
Rangoon Times |
04.1886 to 06.1908 |
Reis and Rayyet |
1882, 1896, 1905, 1907 |
Star of India |
17.08.1932 to 30.09.1947 |
The Bengalee |
1863 to 1932 (gaps) |
The Englishman |
02.05.1837 to 25.12.1840 |
The Indian Daily News |
08.1864 to 12.1872 and 01.1896 to 04.1924 |
The Pioneer |
02.01.1867 to 12.06.1893 |
The Search Light |
16.08.1947 to 30.09.1947 |
The Statesman |
01.07.1947 to 22.09.1947 |
Times of India |
01.1863 to 12.1907 |
Voice of India |
1883 to 1886 and 1902 to 1904 |
English Language Newspapers in the Rare Books Room |
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Calcutta Gazette |
1785.01.06 to 1807 |
|
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Bombay Courier |
1793.07.13 to 1800 |
|
|
Bengal Chronicle |
1827-1830 |
|
|
Bengal Herald |
1829.05.29 to 1829.12.27 |
|
|
Bengal Spectator |
1842 to 1843 |
Bi-lingual English Bengali in parallel columns |
Calcutta Chronicle |
1792.01.31 to 1794.01.06 |
|
|
Calcutta Courier |
1832.12.29 - 1842.03.31 |
|
|
Hicky's Bengal Gazette |
01.29.1780 to end of 1781 |
|
|
Advance |
07.1931 to 10.1945 |
|
Advocate |
03.1923 to .12.1923 |
|
African Times |
1862 to 1902 (gaps) |
|
Agraukhbar |
03.02.1844 to 05.28.1844 and 03.1846 |
|
Amrita Bazar Patrika |
01.1947 to 12.1969 |
|
Ananda Bazar Patrika |
01.01.1948 to 31.12.1974 |
|
Anglo Indian Gazette |
03.08.1878 to 07.12.1912 |
|
Bandemataram |
08.1906 to 10.1908 |
|
Behar Herald |
20.07.1898 to 31.12.1910 |
|
Bengal Harkaru and the Indian Gazette |
07.1828 to 05.1866 (gaps) |
|
Bombay Chronicle |
1947 |
|
Bombay Courier |
1793 to 1800 |
|
Bombay Samachar |
01.1981 to 04.1984 |
|
Bombay Standard |
1858 to 1859 |
|
Bombay Times |
11.1838 to 10.05.1861 |
|
Calcutta Chronicle |
1792 to 1793 (gaps) |
|
Calcutta Courier |
1832 to 1842 |
|
Calcutta Gazette & Commercial Advertiser |
10.1828 to 12.1828 and 09.1829 |
|
Calcutta Morning Post |
23.02.1810 to 27.12.1811 |
|
Calcutta Spectator |
02.08.1913 to 19.08.1914 |
|
Calcutta Star |
14.07.1843 to 30.06.1850 |
|
Carnatic Telegraph & Madras Exchange |
18.05.1838 to 18.08.1860 |
|
Christian Herald and Singha of our Times |
08.03.1923 to 20.12.1923 |
|
Forward |
01.04.1924 to 31.10.1928 |
|
Friend of India |
01.1838 to 10.1883 |
|
Hicky's Bengal Gazette |
01.29.1780 to end of 1781 |
Technically in the rare books sections |
Hindoo Patriot |
04.1854 to 08.1923 (gaps) |
|
Hindusthan Standard |
01.07.1947 to 30.09.1947 |
|
Hyde's Papers (Notebooks) |
Volumes 4-59 (19.11.1777 to 02.07.1798) |
Volumes 54-59 (10.01.1797 to 02.07.1798) unreadable due to water or acid damage. Volumes 1-3 not microfilmed, too brittle. Reel 2 missing. |
Indian Mirror |
01.1883 to 12.1923 (gaps) |
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Indian nation |
05.01.1891 to 19.12.1910 |
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Jibanananda Das Mss. |
Reel 1-10 |
|
John Bull |
01.1824 to 12.1832 |
|
Modern Review |
01.1907 to 12.1966 |
|
Mss. Of Professor Sukumar Sen |
Reel 1-46 |
|
Mussalman |
04.01.1907 to 18.09.1933 |
|
New India |
12.08.1901 to 20.02.1904 |
|
Rangoon Gazette |
11.1922 to 12.1923 |
|
Rangoon Times |
04.1886 to 06.1908 |
|
Reis and Rayyet |
1882, 1896, 1905, 1907 |
|
Star of India |
17.08.1932 to 30.09.1947 |
|
The Bengalee |
1863 to 1932 (gaps) |
|
The Englishman |
02.05.1837 to 25.12.1840 |
|
The Indian Daily News |
08.1864 to 12.1872 and 01.1896 to 04.1924 |
|
The Pioneer |
02.01.1867 to 12.06.1893 |
|
The Search Light |
16.08.1947 to 30.09.1947 |
|
The Statesman |
01.07.1947 to 22.09.1947 |
|
Times of India |
01.1863 to 12.1907 |
|
Voice of India |
1883 to 1886 and 1902 to 1904 |
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Rare Books Room |
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Calcutta Gazette |
1785.01.06 to 1807 |
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Bombay Courier |
1793.07.13 to 1800 |
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Bengal Chronicle |
1827-1830 |
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Bengal Herald |
1829.05.29 to 1829.12.27 |
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Bengal Spectator |
1842 to 1843 |
Bi-lingual English Bengali in parallel coluns |
Calcutta Chronicle |
1792.01.31 to 1794.01.06 |
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Calcutta Courier |
1832.12.29 - 1842.03.31 |
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