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| name = ''Madras Courier''
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| image = File:MadrasCourier1819-01-12-01.jpg
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| foundation = 12 October 1785
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| owners = Richard Johnson
| publisher = Richard Johnson
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| language = [[English language|English]]
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| headquarters = [[Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
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The '''''Madras Courier''''' was the first newspaper to be published in [[Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] and one of the first in India. It was the leading newspaper of its time and was the officially recognized newspaper for printing Government notifications. It first appeared in the English language on 12 October 1785. It was started by Richard Johnston. Hugh Boyd was its first Editor.<ref name="Love">{{cite book|author=Henry Davidson Love|title=Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2nkEiSSDaYC&pg=PA359|accessdate=30 June 2016|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=359–|id=GGKEY:GE1U0JNYH0Q}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/11/stories/2003061100150300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031024083112/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/11/stories/2003061100150300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2003|title= Memories of The Mail |date=11 June 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=27 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Media|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3446500378.html#|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of India|accessdate=27 April 2012|date=1 January 2006}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pressinstitute.in/a-look-at-the-changing-scene/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150412092749/http://pressinstitute.in/a-look-at-the-changing-scene/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 April 2015 | title=A look at the changing scene | publisher=[[Press Trust of India]] | accessdate=12 April 2015}} </ref><ref name="Ganesan1988">{{cite book|author=A. Ganesan|title=The Press in Tamil Nadu and the Struggle for Freedom, 1917-1937|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cL7KVAqvSEYC&pg=PA4|date=1 January 1988|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-082-6|pages=4–}}</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><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/einews/index.html|title=Early Indian Newspapers|last=Gillies|first=Stewart|website=www.bl.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref>

On 12 October 2016, the Madras Courier was revived as a digital publication.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://madrascourier.com/our-story/|title=Our Story {{!}} Madras Courier|date=2016-12-27|work=Madras Courier|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US}}</ref> It won the Best Digital News Start-up Award at the South Asian Digital Media Awards 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madrascourier.com/awards/|title=Awards|date=2018-10-05|website=Madras Courier|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://events.wan-ifra.org/events/south-asian-digital-media-awards-2018/content/2944|title=South Asian Digital Media Awards 2018 {{!}} WAN-IFRA Events|website=events.wan-ifra.org|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref>

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[[Category:Defunct newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:History of Chennai]]
[[Category:English-language newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:1785 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Madras Presidency]]

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