Rangapur Bartabaha (Bengali: রঙ্গপুর বার্ত্তাবহ) was a weekly newspaper published in East Bengal. It was published from August 1847 (Bhadra, 1254 BS) until 1854 with funding from Kalichandra Ray, the zamindar of Pargana Kundi. It was the first Bangla weekly newspaper published in East Bengal.[1][2][3]
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder(s) | Kalichandra Ray |
| Editor | Gurucharan Sharma Roy |
| Founded | 1847 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Ceased publication | 1854 |
| Headquarters | Rangpur, Company Raj (Now Bangladesh) |
| Circulation | 100 (before 1954) |
History
editGurucharan Sharma Roy was the first editor of Rangapur Bartabaha. Nilambar Mukhopadhyaya bought the rights to the paper when he died in the fourth year of its publication (3rd Bhadra, 1258 BS).
This weekly newspaper was printed from the first printing press in Bangladesh called Bartabaha Jantralay.[4]
On 13 June 1857, the then Governor Lord Canning issued Act No. 15. The Rangpur Bartabah was abolished in 1859 by this act which was detrimental to the freedom of the printing press as reported.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Rangpur: History within easy grasp". The Daily Star. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Chakraborty, Ratan Lal (2012). "Rangapur Bartabaha, The". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ বাংলাদেশের প্রথম সংবাদপত্র ॥ রঙ্গপুর বার্ত্তাবহ [First newspaper in Bangladesh ।। Rangapur Bartabaha]. Janakantha (in Bengali). 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ দেশের প্রথম সংবাদপত্র “রঙ্গপুর বার্তাবহ” [The first newspaper in Bangladesh "Rangapur Bartabaha"]. Bangladesh Times (in Bengali). 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ বাংলা পত্রিকার ২০০ বছর [200 years of Bengali newspaper]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.