Newspaper Indexes for East, Southeast, and South Asia: South Asia Newspaper Indexes

[Proquest Historical Newspapers] Covers Times of India 1861-2010. Includes Bombay Times & Journal of Commerce (1838-1859), and Bombay Times & Standard (1860-1861).

[Proquest Historical Newspapers.] Covers Hindustan Times 1924-2000.

via Google News Archive. Covers 1933-1994

Center for Research Libraries digitization of nine publications from 19th & 20th c. Title list includes starting and ending dates of holdings. Daily Business Post, Dainika Basumati, Dnyanaprakasa: the Daily Dnyan Prakash; Eastern Examiner; Kerala Chronicle; Lahore Chronicle; Malabar Herald; Pakistan Observer; Samaja. Interesting feature includes "on this date in history" with selections from random papers.

8 titles from India, 1 from Pakistan and 1 from Sri Lanka.

Choose India (or another South Asian country) from the All Countries/Regions search box. Click on "see all" above the resulting display of newspapers. Coverage may go back a few month or even a few years. (Note: this database is being cancelled in August 2025)

8 newspapers covering various time spans 1870 to mid-1900's. Amrita Bazar Patrika; Bengal Times; Eastern Bengal and Assam Era; The Khalsa Advocate; Yugantara.Jugantar;
इंदुप्रकाश / Iṅdu prakāśa = The Indu-Prakash or Moonlight; ਖਾਲਸਾ ਤੇ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਐਡਵੋਕੇਟ / Khalsa Te Khalsa Advocate; ඇත්ත