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South Asian Newspapers at the Library of Congress

List of South Asian Newspapers

More than 275 newspapers on microfilm are available in the Asian Reading Room in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, and other South Asian languages. The titles linked below will display fuller bibliographic information about each item in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. For English-language newspapers from South Asia, go to the "English newspapers from South Asia" section of this guide (these are accessible in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room).

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Ājāda (= Azad) Dhaka Bengali
Ājādī  (= Azadi) Chittagong Bengali
Barísāla hitaishī Barisal Bengali
Campaign posters for postponed Bangladesh elections, 2007 various Bengali, English
Caramapatra  Dhaka Bengali
Ḍhākāprakāśa Dhaka Bengali
Dainika bāṃlā Dhaka Bengali
Dainika inakilāba  Dhaka Bengali
Dainika ittephāka  Dhaka Bengali
Dainika saṃgrāma  Dhaka Bengali
Dhaka courier Dhaka English
Elāna Dhaka Bengali
Foreign trade statistics of Bangladesh Dhaka English
Gaṇakaṇṭha  Dhaka Bengali
Haka-kathā  Tangail Bengali
Pāka jamahuriẏāta Dhaka Bengali
Pakistani newspapers : selected issues, December 1970-April 1971 Dhaka Bengali, English
Purbadeśa Dhaka Bengali
Roznāmah pāsbān Dhaka Urdu
Saṃbāda Dhaka Bengali
Sāptāhika 2000 Dhaka Bengali
Sāptāhika pallībārtā Dhaka Bengali
Yāẏayāẏadina Dhaka Bengali
Yogāyogā Kushtia Bengali
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Title (select title to link to catalog record with holdings information) Place of publication Language
Kun gsal : ʻBrug rgyal yoṅs bdun phrag gsar śog Thimpu Dzongkha
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Fiji samachar (= Phījī samācāra) Suva Hindi, English
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Āgrah akhbār Agra Urdu
Āja Varanasi Hindi
Ājakāla Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Ajīta Jalandhar Panjabi
Amerikana sandeśa Mumbai (Bombay) Gujarati
Amērikana vārtāhara Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Ānandabājāra patrikā Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Āndhra janata Hyderabad Telugu
Āndhra patrika Chennai (Madras) Telugu
Āndhraprabha Vijayawada et al Telugu
Āryāvarta Patna Hindi
Asam bāṇī Gauhati Assamese
Bāṅalā deśa Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Bhārata Allahabad Hindi
Bhāratīya samacara New Delhi Hindi
Bhāratīya kuśtī Indore Hindi
Brahmagiri Virajpet Kannada
Cinta Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam
Cutēcamittiran̲ (= The swadesamitran) Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Dainika asama Gauhati Assamese
Dainika āśā Cuttack Oriya
Dainika basūmatī Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Dainika lokamata Nagpur Hindi
Dainika jāgaraṇa Kanpur Hindi
Dainika naīduniyā Bhopal Hindi
Dainika saṃbāda Agartala Bengali
Dainika viśvamitra New Delhi Hindi
Dainika viśvamitra Kolkata (Calcutta) Hindi
Darabāra ajamera Ajmer Hindi
Deśa Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Dēśābhimānivārika Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam
Deśabratī Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Deśaduta Allahabad Hindi
Dharmayuga Mumbai (Bombay) Hindi
Dīnabandhu Pune Marathi
Dinamāna New Delhi Hindi
Dīpanāḷaṃ Pala Malayalam
Dīpika Kottayam Malayalam
Eka hī saṅkalpa Delhi Hindi
Gaṇabārtā Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Gaṇaśakti Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Gaṛha-gaurava Kotdwar Hindi
Gaṛhavāla maṇḍala Pauri Hindi
Gomantaka Panaji Marathi
Grāmadīpaṃ Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam
Gujarata (biweekly) Ahmedabad Gujarati
Gujarāta Ahmedabad Gujarati
Gujarātaśāḷāpatra Ahmedabad Gujarati
Gujarāta samācāra Ahmedabad Gujarati
Gujarātī Mumbai (Bombay) Gujarati
Haft rozah hamārā kashmīr (= Weekly Hamara Kashmir) Srinagar Urdu
Haft rozah badr (= Weekly Badr) Qadian Urdu
Haftahvār hindū (= Weekly Hindu) Jalandhar Urdu
Hamārī zabān Delhi Urdu
Ḥayāt New Delhi Urdu
Himālaya ṭāimsa Shimla Hindi
Hindīmilāp Hyderabad Hindi
Hintustān̲ (= Hindustan) Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Hindustāna New Delhi Hindi
Hindustānu Mumbai (Bombay) Sindhi
Hindu vāsi Mumbai (Bombay) Sindhi
Hubaḷi gajeṭ Hubli Kannada
Īnāḍu Hyderabad Telugu
Indian trade journal (= Iṇḍiyana ṭreḍa jarnala) Kolkata (Calcutta) English
Īsamāīlī Mumbai (Bombay) Gujarati
Jadīda markaza Lucknow Hindi
Jāgṛti Vijayawada Telugu
Jāme jamaśeda Mumbai (Bombay) Gujarati
Jamīnraitu Nellore Telugu
Janadharma Bhopal Hindi
Janapada Bangalore Kannada
Janasattā New Delhi Hindi
Janaśakti Patna Hindi
Janaśakti Vijayawada Telugu
Janayuga Lucknow Hindi
Janayuga New Delhi Hindi
Janmabhūmi Mumbai (Bombay) Gujarati
Jaya hinda Hubli Kannada
al-Kalām Bangalore Urdu
Kalki Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Kampāsa Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Kanṭhīrava Mangalore Kannada
Karmabhūmi Kotdwar Hindi
Kavitai Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Kayasare Hinda Mumbai (Bombay) Gujarati
Kēsari Calicut Malayalam
Kesarī Pune Marathi
Khālasā samācāra New Delhi Panjabi
K̲h̲ālasā sewaka Chandigarh Panjabi
Kirāma rājyam Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Krīḍāṅgaṇa Pune Marathi
Lalita Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Lokamanya Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Lokarājya Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Lokasatta Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Madīnah  Bijnor Urdu
Mahārāshṭra Nagpur Marathi
Mahārāshṭra ṭāimsa Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Mālai muracu Nellai (Tirunelveli) Tamil
Malayāḷa manōrama Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam
Malayāḷa manōrama Kottayam Malayalam
Markazī it̤t̤ilāʻāt Delhi Urdu
Māsika ān̐kaṛā sāra (= Monthly abstract of statistics) New Delhi Hindi, English
Mātr̥ubhūmī Cuttack Oriya
Mātṛbhūmi Calicut, Cochin Malayalam
Mātṛbhūmi ālcappatippā Calicut Malayalam
Mumbaī samācāra (= The Bombay samachar) Mumbai (Bombay) Gujarati
Muṅgera samācāra Munger Hindi
Muracoli Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Nainījana darpaṇa Nainital Hindi
Namastē telaṅgāṇa Hyderabad Telugu
Navabhārata ṭāimsa New Delhi Hindi
Navagujarāta Vadodara Gujarati
Navajīvana Lucknow Hindi
Navarāshṭra Patna Hindi
Navaśakti Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Navayugaṃ Thrissur (Trichur) Malayalam
Nayā saberā Lucknow Hindi
Nidā-yi millat Lucknow Urdu
Pāñcajanya New Delhi Hindi
Paṅjāba kesarī Ambala Hindi
Prajābāṇī Jeypore Oriya
Prajāmata Bangalore Kannada
Prajāsāhiti Vijayawada Telugu
Prajāśakti Vijayawada Telugu
Prajātantra Imphal Manipuri, English
Prajātantra Cuttack Oriya
Prajāvāni Bangalore Kannada
Prapañca Pune Marathi
Prōgrass Thrissur (Trichur) Malayalam
Qaumī āvāz Lucknow Urdu
Rahnumāʼe-dakan Hyderabad Urdu
Rājasthāna patrikā Jaipur Hindi
Rāshṭrabhāshā sandeśa Allahabad Hindi
Rāshṭradūta Jaipur Hindi
Ravi bhārata New Delhi Hindi
Ravivāra Kolkata (Calcutta) Hindi
Rozānā akālī pattrakā Jalandhar Panjabi
Rozana hind Kolkata (Calcutta) Urdu
Rozānah milāp New Delhi Urdu
Rozānah pratāp Jalandhar Urdu
Rozānah pratāp New Delhi Urdu
Rozānah nayā zamānah Jalandhar Urdu
Roznāmah anṣārī Delhi Urdu
Roznāmah āzād Varanasi Urdu
Roznāmah al-jamīʻat Delhi Urdu
Roznāmah munṣif Hyderabad Urdu
Roznāmah musalman Chennai (Madras) Urdu
Roznāmah rāshṭriyah sahārā New Delhi Urdu
Roznāmah siyāsat Hyderabad Urdu
Roznāmah siyāsat Kanpur Urdu
Roznāmah srīnagar tāʼimz Srinagar Urdu
Roznāmah vat̤an Delhi Urdu
Roznāmah-yi sangarmāl Srīnagar Srinagar Kashmiri
Sacitra hindū (= Illustrated Hindu) New Delhi Hindi
Sādhanā Pune Marathi
Sāmanā Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Sākshī New Delhi Hindi
Samāja Cuttack Oriya
Saṃskr̥ta-bhavitavyam Nagpur Sanskrit
Saṃyukta karnāṭaka Hubli Kannada
Sanmārga Varanasi Hindi
Sapatāhika fataha New Delhi Panjabi
Sāptāhika hindustāna New Delhi Hindi
Sāptāhika māṇūsa Pune Marathi
Śāradā Pune Sanskrit
Śāradīẏa deśa Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Satyadīpaṃ Thrissur (Trichur) Malayalam
Satyayuga Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Sāvadhāna Dharwad Kannada
September 11 and war on terrorism : South, Southeast Asian media reactions various various
Shab k̲h̲ūn Allahabad Urdu
Sher-i panjāb New Delhi Urdu
Sindhī ṭāʼims Mumbai (Bombay) Sindhi
Sobata Pune Marathi
South Asian press coverage of 19th Commonwealth Games various various
Statistics of foreign trade of India by countries Kolkata (Calcutta) English
Śubhacintaka Jabalpur Hindi
Suhiṇī Jaipur Sindhi
Svādhinata Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Tanvīr Lucknow Urdu
Tej Delhi Urdu
Tin̲a carī̄ (= Dinasari) Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Tin̲aman̲i (= Dinamani) Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Tin̲at tanti (= Daily thanthi) Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Tsunami-Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 : South, Southeast Asian media reports various various
Tukḷak Chennai (Madras) Tamil
Vikrama Bangalore Kannada
Visit of George W. Bush to India, Feb. 2006 : anti-Bush, anti-American materials various various
Viveka Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Yugāntara Mumbai (Bombay) Marathi
Yūgāntara (= Jugantar) Kolkata (Calcutta) Bengali
Zoram thupuan    Aijal Lushai
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Haviru Male Divehi
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Gorakhāpatra Kathmandu Nepali
Himāla Kathmandu Nepali
Kāntipura Kathmandu Nepali
Nepāla sandeśa Kathmandu; Patna, India Nepali, Hindi
Nepāla tāimsa Kathmandu Nepali
Samāja Kathmandu Nepali 
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Āj Peshawar Urdu
Akālī (= Rozānā akālī) Lahore Panjabi
Ak̲h̲bār-i jahān̲ Karachi Urdu
Anjām Karachi Urdu
Āsāp Quetta Urdu
Ās̲ār Lahore Urdu
Azād Karachi Sindhi
Āzādī Quetta Urdu
Āzādī Swat District Urdu
Balūcistān-i jadīd Karachi Urdu
Canḍkā Larkana English, Sindhi
Dāna gujarātī (= Dawn Gujarati) Karachi Gujarati
Ḥaidar Rawalpindi Urdu
Hilāl-i pākistān Karachi Sindhi
Hurrīyat Karachi Urdu
Iḥsān (= Ehsan) Lahore Urdu
Īlam (= Eilum) Mastung Brahui, Urdu
Imroz Lahore Urdu
Intik̲h̲āb Hab Urdu
Islām Rawalpindi Urdu
Jang Karachi Urdu
Jasārat Karachi Urdu
Jhok Multan Siraiki
Jiddat ḍailī Peshawar Urdu
Kashīr Muzaffarabad Urdu
Mag̲h̲ribī pākistān Lahore Urdu
Mashriq Peshawar Urdu
Mihrāṇu (= Mehran) Hyderabad Sindhi
Millata Karachi Gujarati, Urdu
Mujāhid Dera Ismail Khan Urdu
Musāvāt (= Musawaat) Lahore Urdu
Naʻrah-yi ḥaq Quetta Urdu
Navā-yi vaqt Lahore Urdu
Nigār Karachi Urdu
Pāk jamhūriyat Lahore Urdu
Parsi sansar & loke sevak Karachi English, Gujarati
Raushan pākistān Karachi Urdu
Senate of Pakistan debates : official report Islamabad English, Urdu
Shahbaz Peshawar Urdu
Ṣūbāʼī asamblī panjāb mubāḥās̲āt : sarkārī riporṭ Lahore Urdu
Taʻmīr (= Tameer) Rawalpindi Urdu
Ustamān Mastung Urdu
Zamīndār Lahore Urdu
Z̤arb-i mūʻmin  Karachi Urdu
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Dinamiṇa Colombo Sinhalese
Īl̲akēcari (= Eelakesari) Chunnakam Tamil
Intusathanam Jaffna Tamil
Kamkaru māvata Colombo Sinhalese
Laṅkādīpa Colombo Sinhalese
Navamaṇi Dehiwala Tamil
Navayugaya Colombo Sinhalese
Pārlimēntu vivāda (Hansād) Colombo English, Sinhalese, Tamil
Rāvaya Ratmalana Sinhalese
Rivirăsa Colombo Sinhalese
Silumiṇa Colombo Sinhalese
Tin̲akaran̲ Colombo Tamil
Tin̲akkural Jaffna Tamil
Utayan̲ Jaffna Tamil
Vīrakēcarī Colombo Tamil
Yuktiya Colombo Sinhalese