Anglo–Indian Journalism
This term refers to newspapers established in India by Englishmen primarily to meet the communication needs of persons from the British Isles who have settled in British provinces in India. The early English newspapers arose from the petty social and political dissatisfaction of Britishers settled in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, and other British provinces, rather than any indigenous necessity. They were English magazines for English citizens, founded by English settlers.
Journalists such as James Silk Buckingham and Sir William Hunter were prominent among them, as were intellectuals such as William Carey, who were also missionaries, journalists, writers, and teachers in the 18th century, and Robert Knight, T. J. Bennett, and F. M. Coleman in the 19th. Robert Knight was the inaugural editor-in-chief of the Times of India, and afterwards of the Statesman. Many notable Englishmen, like Rudyard Kipling, Charles Lawson, Pat Lovett, and others, worked as editors and journalists in India’s numerous English newspapers.
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