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The ''Calcutta Review'' is a bi-annual periodical, now published by the
The ''Calcutta Review'' was founded in May 1844, by Sir
The ''Calcutta Review'' documentation project
by the English Department, Calcutta University
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1844 establishments in British India English-language magazines published in India Literary magazines published in India Magazines established in 1844 Mass media in Kolkata University of Calcutta Biannual magazines published in India
Calcutta University
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, C ...
press, featuring scholarly articles from a variety of disciplines.
History
The ''Calcutta Review'' was founded in May 1844, by Sir John William Kaye
Sir John William Kaye (3 June 1814 – 24 July 1876) was a British military historian, civil servant and army officer. His major works on military history include a three-volume work on ''The History of the Sepoy War in India''. This work was r ...
and Reverend Alexander Duff. Through the journal, Sir John Kaye aimed "to bring together such useful information, and propagate such sound opinions, relating to Indian affairs, as will, it is hoped, conduce, in some small measure, directly or indirectly, to the amelioration of the condition of the people".
The periodical proved to be successful, and was published as a quarterly up until 1912. Sir John Kaye was Editor of four issues, and then retired due to ill health. He remained the owner of the review until 1855, when it was purchased by Meredith Townsend. Thacker, Spink and Company bought it in 1857. It was printed by Sanders and Cowes until 1857, when it moved to the Serampore Press. When Rev. T. Ridsdale took over as editor, it was published by R. C. Lepage and Company.
The journal was not published in 1912. In its second series, from 1913 to 1920, it was published bi-annually. In 1921, it was acquired by the Calcutta University press, which now releases it bi-annually.
Early editors
* SirJohn William Kaye
Sir John William Kaye (3 June 1814 – 24 July 1876) was a British military historian, civil servant and army officer. His major works on military history include a three-volume work on ''The History of the Sepoy War in India''. This work was r ...
(1844–1845)
* Reverend Dr. Alexander Duff (1845–1849)
* Reverend W. S. Mackay (1849–1852)
* Reverend Thomas Smith (1852–1855, 1857)
* George Smith (1855–1856, 1857-1864)
* Meredith Townsend (1856–1857)
* Sir Alfred Swaine Lethbridge (1871-1878)
* James W. Furrell (1879-1884, 1894-1902)Jitendra Nath Basu, ''Romance of Indian Journalism'' (Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, 1979), p. 214.
* Sir Richard Temple
* Reverend T. Ridsdale
References
Further reading
* {{cite journal , last1=Sen , first1=Krishna , last2=Paul , first2=Debapriya , date=Summer 2004 , title=Archival Press Project: 'The Calcutta Review' , journal=Victorian Periodicals Review , volume=37 , issue=2 , pages=233–247 , jstor=20084008External links
The ''Calcutta Review'' documentation project
by the English Department, Calcutta University
Scanned issues
1844 establishments in British India English-language magazines published in India Literary magazines published in India Magazines established in 1844 Mass media in Kolkata University of Calcutta Biannual magazines published in India