Partition History in Dawn
From Dawn, January 17, 1951
CRL Newspaper Microfilm
CRL (Center for Research Librarians) has microfilm collections of rare historical newspapers, such as D'avat, an Urdu newspaper published in Delhi. CRL items can be requested by Interlibrary Loan.
- D'avat (microform)Microfilm. Jan. 1,1963- :[Gaps] [Chicago, Ill.] : Microfilmed for South Asia Microform Project, The Center for Research Libraries.
Dawn (Karachi, Pakistan)
Dawn (Karachi, Pakistan) is a major newspaper that has been published from Vol. 1, No. 1 (Oct. 26, 1941) onwards. Available issues at Princeton (microforms) include 1951 through April 2000 [lacking Oct. 1997], and July-August 2004. Request from RECAP, Microfilm S00149
Indian newspaper reports, c1868-1942, from the British Library, London
Microfilm 12006
Printed guide: none
"Indian Newspaper Reports constitute an important series to be found in the Record Department Papers of the Oriental and India Office Collections at the British Library. The reports consist of abstracts taken from Indian newspapers." Covers Bengal, 1874-1903 (27 reels) ; Bengal, 1904-1916 (26 reels); Punjab, Agra, Oudh, Rajputana and Central Provinces, c1868-1896 (29 reels); United Provinces, 1897-1937 (29 reels); Madras, 1876-1921 (32 reels); Bombay, 1874-1898 (18 reels); Bombay, 1901-1921; Punjab 1896-1924; Sind 1936-1939; Burma 1938-1942; Bihar and Orissa 1920. See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/Indian-News-1/highlights.aspx
Kashmir History in Dawn
From Dawn, January 21, 1951