Bengali Babus News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The Arunodoi Age, 1840-1880: Assam’s Monthly Magazine of News and Views
Rise of the rationale
The recent decision of the Asom Sahitya Sabha to tell people about the 175 year old monthly magazine Orunodoi (Sunrise) really is gratifying as it will give us a glimpse of what the world of journalism was in those days.
Mind you, an annual subscription to Orunodoi in 1846 was quite costly: one rupee per annum. That was not the time of paper currency. You could pay your annual subscription in coins issued by the British East India Company, or maybe, coins minted by the local maharajas and rajas of Assam. ....

North West Frontier , United States , West Bengal , United Kingdom , New Delhi , Uttar Pradesh , City Of , Roy Babu , Sati Pratha , Nathan Brown , Sahitya Sabha , Warren Hastings , Raja Ram Mohun Roy , Samachar Darpan , Ram Mohun , Elizah Impey , James Augustus Hicky , Asom Sahitya Sabha , Hindustan Of The East India Company , British East India Company , Censorship Of Press , India Company , East India Company , Bengali Babus , Bengal Gazette , Calcutta General Advertiser ,