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Primary Sources: Historical Asian Nations Newspapers

Multi-Country Directories of Newspapers

Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR)
An alphabetical list of newspapers and other periodicals in Middle East and Islamic Studies

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Digital Library
This collection includes some newspapers.

Bangladesh

Bengali Newspapers and Periodicals
Includes newspapers and periodicals in an area that now includes parts of India, Bangladesh, and other parts of South Asia

Bhutan

Bhutanese 2012-

Burma

Guardian 1973

China

0Xin Qian ri bao 1950-1951, 1953-1956
Acht Uhr Abendblatt (Shanghai) 1939-1941
Jewish newspaper published in Shanghai
Beijing wan bao 1959, 1961-1963
Canton Press 1835-1844
Changsha ri bao 1956-1958
Da gong bao 1946
Deutsch-chinesische Nachrichten 1930-1939
Deutsche Zeitung in Nordchina 1939-1941
Fushun ri bao 1956-1957
Hangzhou ri bao 1956-1961
Jie fang ri bao 1949-1950
Lao dong ri bao 1958
Liao xi ri bao 1954
Min xi ri bao 1958
Min zhong ri bao 1958
Ningxia ri bao 1954
North-China daily news 1881, 1929, 1936
North-China herald and Supreme Court & consular gazette 1906-1908
Pan shun bao 1959
Peking Gazette 1873, 1877
English and Chinese language newspaper
Ren min ri bao 1950
S. Z. am Mittag der Shanghai Post 1939-1940
Jewish newspaper
Shanghaier Morgenpost 1941
Jewish newspaper
Shanghai Jewish Chronicle 1939-1945
Shi bao + Eastern times 1912-1927
Su Bao 1903
Su nan ri bao 1952
Tong chuan bao 1958
Tongchuan ri bao 1958
Wen hui bao 1964-1967
Xiang Bao (suppl. 1965?)
Xikang ri bao 1954
Xinhua ribao 1942
Xin wen bao 1947
Yang cheng wan bao 1965
Zhong yang ri bao = Central daily news 1945

Hong Kong

India

Amrita Bazar patrikā 1939
Bande Mataram: Monthly Organ of Indian Independence 1913-1914
Although this is about Indian independence, it was published in Geneva, Switzerland.
Behar Herald 1948-1952
Bengali Newspapers and Periodicals
Includes newspapers and periodicals in an area that now includes parts of India, Bangladesh, and other parts of South Asia.
Bombay chronicle 1920-1921, 1942
Bombay times and journal of commerce 1857-1858
Fibis: Newspapers and Journals Online 1799-1900
Hindu, illustrated Sunday edition 1936
Hindu 1936
HIndu 2000-
This site provides an archive of web content beginning 2009 and print content beginning 2000
Hindustan Times 1931-1932, 1963
Indian Express 1933-1970, 1986-1994
Kayasare Hinda 1919-1920
Khālasā samācāra 1917, 1919-1920
Native opinion = Nētivū ōpiniyanū 1867-1874
People's age 1945-1947
Organ of the Communist Party of India
Poona observer 1876-1878
Searchlight 1918-1920
Statesman 1975, 1978
Sunday Indian Express 1949-1950 (Madras)
Sunday Mid-Day 2002 (Mumbai)
Sunday Standard 1954, 1956-1957, 1960, 1964-1970, 1987-1988 (Madras)
This also includes issues of the Indian Express spread throughout the time period. Not all issues in this file were published on Sunday.
Tribune [Lahore] 1919-1920, 1936-1937, 1961

Indonesia

Angkatan bersendjata 1965-1966
Berita yudha 1965
Historische Kranten
This database includes some Dutch language newspapers from Indonesia.
Pembrita Betawi 1911
Retnodhoemilah 1901, 1905

Iran

Iraq

Israel

ha-Arets = Palestine News 1935
Historical Jewish Press 1783-2014
Collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods.

Japan

Asahi shinbun 1941, 1945
Chugai Shinbun v. 1-41
Japan advertiser 1924, 1933
Japan Gazette 1880-1881
"Published on departure of each English and American mail steamer." English language newspaper
Japan times & mail 1923-1924
Japan times 1956
Japan Weekly Mail 1870, 1874-1875, 1877-1878
Japan Weekly Mail 1871-1873, 1875-1880, 1882, 1894-1900, 1902-1908
Japan Weekly Mail 1875-1884
Jiyu no Tomoshibi vol. 1-65, 152-299, 378-458
Kibi Dango 1878-1883
Kokumin shinbun 1932
Naigai Shinbun no. 1-15
Nippon times 1956

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