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'''''Bombay'' ''Herald''''' (established in 1789)<ref name="colindale"/> was among the first [[English language|English]] newspapers published from [[Bombay]], [[British Raj|India]].<ref name=colindale>{{cite web|last1=Skelton-Foord|first1=Christopher|title=Introduction to collection - Early Indian Newspapers - Masthead of Bombay Gazette|url=http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/einews/#gazette|website=www.bl.uk|publisher=British Library - Colindale collection|accessdate=18 June 2014}}</ref>

== History ==
Initially found in 1789 as the "[[Bombay Herald]]", the newspaper's name was changed to "Bombay Gazette" in 1791.<ref>{{cite web|title=A history of India|url=http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415485432/28.asp|website=cw.routledge.com|publisher=Routledge|accessdate=18 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712065635/http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415485432/28.asp|archivedate=12 July 2014}}</ref> It remained the leading paper of the city for a long time and covered important events such as the first session of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1885. The ''Bombay Gazette'' and ''Bombay Courier'' were the earliest English language Indian newspapers published in Bombay (now Mumbai).

The newspaper continued to be published up to the early 1900s.

Bombay Gazette started printing paper on silk from 26 April 1841.

Surviving copies of the Bombay Gazette can be found in the [[British Library]] (Colindale collection).<ref name=book>{{cite web|title=Early Indian Newspapers|url=http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/einews/#courier|website=www.bl.uk|publisher=British Library|accessdate=18 June 2014}}</ref>

== Owners and editors ==

The owners and editors of Bombay Gazette included the British journalist and politician, [[James Mackenzie Maclean]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of parliament for Cardiff|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48212|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|publisher=British History|accessdate=18 June 2014}}</ref> Adolphus Pope (1821), Fair (1826), Francis Warden (1827), R. X. Murphy (1833), Grattan Geary (1890), [[Frank Beaman|Sir Frank Beaman]]<ref name=lovett>{{Cite book|last1=Lovett|first1=Pat|year=1929|title=Journalism in India|publisher=The Banna Publishing Company|location=Calcutta|url=https://archive.org/stream/journalisminindi035524mbp/journalisminindi035524mbp_djvu.txt|accessdate=18 June 2014}}</ref> and Galium (1840). It was not unheard of for its proprietors to include British civil servants.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Douglas|first1=James, P.|year=1900|title=Glimpses of Old Bombay and Western India|publisher=Samson Low, Marston and Company|location=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/glimpsesofoldbom00dougrich/glimpsesofoldbom00dougrich_djvu.txt|website=[[Internet Archive]]|accessdate=22 June 2014}}</ref>

In 1911, [[Sir Pherozeshah Mehta]] and [[Benjamin Horniman]] attempted to purchase Bombay Gazette, to counteract the influence of another newspaper [[The Times of India]], and to give a voice to [[Indian nationalism|Indian nationalists]], but his attempts were thwarted by one of the directors, [[Frank Beaman|Sir Frank Beaman]], which led Mehta to establish a separate newspaper, ''[[The Bombay Chronicle]]'' in 1913.<ref name="lovett"/>

== Content ==

Bombay Gazette commenced as a weekly newspaper, in 1825 and was published every Wednesday. After some forty years, it became a bi-weekly.<ref name="book"/> The newspaper contained articles of local interest, especially those concerning Bombay city itself, proclamations, obituaries (mostly of British residents and rich Indians) advertisements and news regarding the British colonial government in India. For instance, on 13 January 1880, Bombay Gazette published a news article -

<blockquote>
"A large hyena is prowling about Malabar Hill on the western side between Mr. Nicol's residence and Vaucluse, as good sport as a Mazagon tiger."<ref name="book"/>
</blockquote>

It was known to oscillate its stand between extremes of conservative pro-establishment to liberal pro-Indian, based on the opinions of the current editor and owner. The newspaper employed both Eurasian and Indian reporters, and a Parsi reporter for legal articles (Nanabhoy Masani and later, Darashaw Chichghar).<ref name="lovett"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:English-language newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Publications established in 1789]]
[[Category:1789 establishments in British India]]

Bombay Gazette - Revision history

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