The Bengalee

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The Bengalee was an influential English-language newspaper in colonial India known for its role in the nationalist movement and its association with prominent leader Surendranath Banerjee.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language newspaper
Indian newspaper
newspaper
associatedWithMovement Bengal nationalist movement
Indian independence movement NERFINISHED
associatedWithOrganization Indian National Congress NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Surendranath Banerjee NERFINISHED
countryOfPublication India NERFINISHED
editor Surendranath Banerjee NERFINISHED
faced colonial press restrictions
hasAssociationWith Surendranath Banerjee NERFINISHED
hasReputation influential colonial-era newspaper
voice of moderate Indian nationalism
hasRole forum for political debate in colonial India
platform for nationalist leaders
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
ideology liberalism
influenced moderate nationalist politics in India
public opinion in Bengal
language English
locatedIn Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED
British India NERFINISHED
mediaType periodical
medium print
notableFor coverage of the Indian National Congress
criticism of British colonial policies
role in the Indian nationalist movement
support for constitutional agitation
operatedUnder British colonial rule
placeOfPublication Calcutta NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Indian nationalism
moderate nationalism
publisher Surendranath Banerjee NERFINISHED
readership urban educated Indians
regionOfInfluence Bengal NERFINISHED
Calcutta NERFINISHED
subjectFocus colonial administration
politics
public affairs
social reform
supportedBy educated middle-class Bengalis

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Surendranath Banerjee edited The Bengalee
Surendranath Banerjee founded The Bengalee