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| Type | Fortnightly |
|---|---|
| Editor | Munshi Hari Naryan |
| General manager | Firaya Mal |
| Founded | 1 March 1867 |
| Language | Braj written in Gurmukhi script |
| City | Amritsar |
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The Akhbar Sri Darbar Sahib Sri Amritsar Ji, also known simply as Akhbar Sri Darbar Sahib, was a Braj-language fortnightly newspaper written in Gurmukhi script that was founded in Amritsar in 1867.[1][2][3] It was one of the first Gurmukhi and Sikh newspapers.[note 1][1][4][2][3]
- ^ a b Dhillon, Parneet Kaur; Dhanju, Jaspal Kaur (27 April 2023). "5: Revisiting The Khalsa Samachar (1899-1900) – Women's Issues and Concerns". In Malhotra, Anshu; Murphy, Anne (eds.). Bhai Vir Singh (1872–1957): Religious and Literary Modernities in Colonial and Post-Colonial Indian Punjab. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000867008.
There had been several efforts made earlier to start newspapers in Gurmukhi script journalism prior to its founding. The first such newspaper to materialize was Akbar Sri Darbar Sahib which appeared from Amritsar in 1867. Although it used the Gurmukhi script prior to its founding, the language was largely Braj, reflecting a broader commitment to writing in Braj by Sikh intellectuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Vig 2020). Gurmukhi type was still not available in Amritsar and the paper was lithographed from a hand-written copy. However, it met with an early demise, as did several others which followed.
- ^ a b Natarajan, J. (2017). "Punjabi". Report of the Press Commission: History of Indian Journalism (3rd reprint ed.). New Delhi: Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. pp. 253–257. ISBN 9788123026381.
- ^ a b Barrier, N. G. (2004). "Sikh Journalism". In Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Vol. 4: S–Z (2nd ed.). Patiala Punjabi University. pp. 161–166. ISBN 817380530X.
- ^ Panjab Past and Present, Volume 36, Part 1, Issue 71. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 2005. p. 98.
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