''Dinavartamani'' began in 1855 as bilingual in

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and

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

with a separate edition of Telugu started in 1856. ''Dinavartamani'' was a weekly edited by Peter Percival and issued from Madras. Its Telugu edition in 1856 had a circulation of 700 copies. The journal covered routine news, science, tales and a few essays on topics of general interest.http://ietd.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/1750/9/09_chapter%203.pdf

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