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{{Short description|English weekly newspaper in Calcutta, British India}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Hindoo Patriot<br />হিন্দু প্যাট্রিয়ট
| image =
| caption =
| type = Weekly (1853–1892)<br />Daily (1892–)
| format =
| founded = {{start date and age|1853}}
| owners = {{ubl|Madhusudhan Ray (1853–54)|[[Girish Chandra Ghosh]] (1854–56) (1856–61)|[[Kaliprasanna Singha]] (1861)|[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]] (1861–62)|Board of Trustees (1862–)}}
| publisher =
| editor = {{ubl|Girish Chandra Ghosh (1853–55)|[[Harish Chandra Mukherjee]] (1855–61)|[[Girish Chandra Ghosh]] (1861)|[[Kristo Das Pal|Krishnadas Pal]] (1861–1884)|Rajkumar Sarbadhikari (1884–1911)}}
| language = English
| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| circulation = {{circa|200}} (pre-1857)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Malini |date=22 April 2007 |title=1857 And The Hindoo Patriot |journal=People's Democracy |volume=XXXI |issue=16 |publisher=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |url=http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0422/04152007_1857.htm |access-date=5 April 2011 |archive-date=15 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315132013/http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0422/04152007_1857.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| ceased_publication = 
| political_position =
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}}

The '''''Hindoo Patriot''''' ({{langx|bn|হিন্দু প্যাট্রিয়ট}}) was an English weekly published from [[Calcutta]] in the later half of the nineteenth century in [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]].

== History ==
[[File:Grish Chunder Ghose.png|thumb|150px|left|Girish Chandra Ghosh, the first editor of ''Hindoo Patriot''.]]
In 1853, one Madhusudan Ray, a Burabazar banker approached Sreenath Ghosh, the founder editor of ''Bengal Recorder'', and his brother Girish Chandra Ghosh to start an English newspaper. It was agreed that ''Bengal Recorder'' would be discontinued and ''Hindoo Patriot'' was chosen as the name for the new paper. The name is said to have been given by Girish Chandra Ghosh; although, according to the ''Reis and Rayyet'', the name was given by Kshetra Chandra Ghosh, the youngest of the Ghosh brothers. [[Kristo Das Pal]] believed that the name was given by [[Harish Chandra Mukherjee]]. Manmathanath Ghosh, the grandson and biographer of Girish Chandra Ghosh, however, has refuted the latter claim and on the authority of Madhusudan Ray concluded that the name Hindoo Patriot was given by Girish Chandra Ghosh himself, citing that Harish Chandra Mukherjee had joined the ''Hindoo Patriot'' later and held a subordinate position in the initial years.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924097526119|title=The life of Grish Chunder Ghose, the founder and first editor of "The Hindoo patriot" and "The Bengalee,"|last=Ghosha|first=Manmathanātha|date=1911|publisher=R. Cambray|others=Cornell University Library|location=Calcutta|pages=78–80}}</ref>

The ''Hindoo Patriot'' was first published on 6 January 1853 by Madhusudan Ray, under the editorship of Girish Chandra Ghosh. It began to be published every Thursday from Kalakar Street where Madhusudan Ray's press was located.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Venkatesan |first1=V. |date=14 August 2010 |title=India & two revolts |journal=Frontline |volume=27 |issue=17 |publisher=The Hindu Group |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2717/stories/20100827271708000.htm |access-date=5 April 2011}}</ref> In 1854, it was printed for some time from Cossitollah. Harish Chandra Mukherjee, the promising correspondent of ''Bengal Recorder'', had joined ''Hindoo Patriot'' and gradually rose to the editorial board. In 1855, he became the chief editor of ''Hindu Patriot''. A year later he bought the newspaper from Girish Chandra Ghosh in the name of his elder brother Haran Chandra Mukherjee. Girish Chandra Ghosh continued to write till 1858, when he left ''Hindoo Patriot'' to start another English newspaper named [[The Bengalee|the ''Bengalee'']].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924097526119|title=The life of Grish Chunder Ghose, the founder and first editor of "The Hindoo patriot" and "The Bengalee,"|last=Ghosha|first=Manmathanātha|date=1911|publisher=R. Cambray|others=Cornell University Library|location=Calcutta|pages=85–88}}</ref>

[[File:Kali-prasanna-sinha.png|thumb|150px|right|Kaliprasanna Sinha saved ''Hindoo Patriot'' from a financial ruin in 1861.]]
After the untimely death of Harish Chandra Mukherjee, The ''Hindoo Patriot'' was facing the grim prospect of a financial disaster. At that time [[Kaliprasanna Singha]] provided the necessary financial support and saved the paper from ruin.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Bengalees: Glimpses of History and Culture |last=Roy |first=Samaren |year=1999 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=81-7023-981-8 |page=179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_EaPju60k0C |access-date=5 April 2011}}</ref> Girish Chandra Ghosh who had severed all ties with ''Hindoo Patriot'' three years ago, was moved by the plight of Harish Chandra Mukherjee's bereaved mother and helpless widow and took up the editorship again. After he left ''Hindoo Patriot'' again in November that year, the paper was bought over by [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]].{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} Krishnadas Pal became its new editor.<ref name="sbc104">{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Sengupta |editor1-first=Subodh Chandra |editor2-last=Basu |editor2-first=Anjali |year=2002 |orig-year=First published 1976 |script-title=bn:কৃষ্ণদাস পাল |trans-title=Krishnadas Pal |script-encyclopedia=bn:সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান |encyclopedia=Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna |trans-encyclopedia=Parliament Bengali Biographical Dictionary |language=bn |volume=1 |edition=4th |location=Kolkata |publisher=Sahitya Samsad |isbn=81-85626-65-0 |page=104 |script-quote=bn:১৮৬১ শ্রী 'হিন্দু প্যাটিরট' পত্রিকার সম্পাদক হন। একাদিক্রমে ২৩ বছর সম্পাদনায় তৎকালীন রাজনীতিতে তার প্রভাব বিস্তারলাভ করে। 'ইলবার্ট বিল', 'ইমিগ্রেশন বিল', ভার্নাকুলার প্রেস অ্যাক্ট ইত্যাদি আইন প্রণয়নের সময় নিজ সংবাদপত্রে চা-শ্রমিকদের পক্ষে, সংবাদপ্রের স্বাধীনতার বিষয়ে ও দেশীয় ডেপুটি ম্যাজিস্টেটদের সপক্ষে প্রবন্ধ রচনা করে চা-শ্রমিকদের নির্যাতন-ব্যবস্থার প্রতিবাদে ক্ণদাস এই বিলকে 'The Slave Law of India' |trans-quote=In 1861, he became the editor of the newspaper 'Hindu Patriot'. He gained influence in the politics of the time by editing it for 23 years. During the enactment of the 'Ilbert Bill', 'Immigration Bill', Vernacular Press Act etc., he wrote articles in his newspaper in favor of the tea workers, freedom of the press and in favor of the native deputy magistrates. In protest against the oppression of the tea workers, Kandas called this bill 'The Slave Law of India'}}</ref>

In 1865, the ''Indian Field'' an Indian-owned English weekly newspaper founded by [[Kishori Chand Mitra]] in 1859, merged with the ''Hindoo Patriot''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Mitra, Kishori Chand |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mitra,_Kishori_Chand |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> After the death of Krishnadas Pal in 1884, Rajukumar Sarbadhikari became the new editor. It was largely due to his efforts that the ''Hindoo Patriot'' became a daily from 16 March 1892.<ref name="sbc466">{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Sengupta |editor1-first=Subodh Chandra |editor2-last=Basu |editor2-first=Anjali |year=2002 |orig-year=First published 1976 |script-title=bn:রাজকুমার সর্বাধিকরী |trans-title=Rajkumar Sarbadhikari |script-encyclopedia=bn:সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান |encyclopedia=Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna |trans-encyclopedia=Parliament Bengali Biographical Dictionary |language=bn |volume=1 |edition=4th |location=Kolkata |publisher=Sahitya Samsad |isbn=81-85626-65-0 |page=466 |script-quote=bn:কৃষ্ণদাস পালের মৃত্যুর পর 'হিন্দু প্যাট্রিয়ট' পত্রিকার সম্পাদক হন। ... তাঁর চেষ্টায় 'হিন্দু প্যাট্রিয়ট' ১৬-৩-১৮৯২ খ্রী থেকে দৈনিক পত্রে রূপান্তরিত হয়। |trans-quote=After the death of Krishnadas Pal, he became the editor of the 'Hindu Patriot' newspaper. ... Due to his efforts, 'Hindu Patriot' was converted into a daily newspaper from 16-3-1892 AD.}}</ref>

== Activism ==

=== 1857 revolt ===
During the revolt of 1857, the ''Hindoo Patriot'' used to publish stories of the revolt as the lead articles. He believed that the rebels had harmed their own cause by placing their trust in the leadership of [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]], whom he described as the rotten house of Tamerlane. In 1859, when [[Tatya Tope]] was hanged, the ''Hindoo Patriot'' saluted his martyrdom and recognized the efforts of [[Rani Lakshmibai|Lakshmi Bai]] and [[Babu Kunwar Singh|Kunwar Singh]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHEeAAAAMAAJ|title=Petition to Agitation, Bengal, 1857–1885|last=Chattopadhyay|first=Manju|date=1985|publisher=K.P. Bagchi|language=en}}</ref>

=== Indigo revolt ===
The ''Hindoo Patriot'', under the able editorship of Harish Chandra Mukherjee became the mouthpiece of protest against imperial injustices. In the late fifties, the ''Hindoo Patriot'' began to expose the oppression and atrocities on Indian peasants by the indigo planters. The latter used to force the peasants into cultivating indigo.

In the late 1875, when one Jagadananda Mukherjee invited the Prince of Wales to his residence and zenana, the ''Hindoo Patriot'' commented that the national feeling had been outraged.<ref>{{cite book |title=Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theater and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India |last=Bhatia |first=Nandi |year=2004 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-11263-5 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIr2TX3NiAwC |access-date=5 April 2011}}</ref>

After the initial editorship of Girish Chandra Ghosh and Harish Chandra Mukherjee, Krishnadas Pal was the editor of the paper for 23 years. During this period he opposed the imperial laws like the Immigration Bill, the Vernacular Press Act and the [[Ilbert Bill]] through the columns of the ''Hindoo Patriot''. He protested against the oppression of tea workers and termed the Immigration Bill as 'The Slave Law of India'.<ref name="sbc104"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Dr. Dilip Majumdar's Bengali Book 'Harish Mukherjee : Yug—o--Jivan'

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