Historic Newspapers: India and Ghandi

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 29, 1931

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• The Mahatma returns to India
• Round Table Conference in London

The front page has a one column heading: "GANDHI WARNS INDIA TO BE READY

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 27, 1930

• Independence rally in Bombay India
• Mahatma Gandhi

This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "REDS IN INDIA CLASH WITH NATIONALISTS";

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 31, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Movement for India's independence (salt tax)

Page 8 has one column headings: "GANDHI LISTS TERMS FOR PEACE IN INDIA" "Says

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, September 16, 1931

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• Fight for India's independence
• The Mahatma

The front page has a one column heading: "GANDHI FEARS DEFEAT, WAR"(see) Coverage

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 13, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Siege of Solapur, Maharashtra, India
• Indian Independence Movement

The top of the front page has a three column

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 24,1857  The front page features 1/2 page illustration of "Militia-Day" with accompanying article. Inside illustration of "Sreenath alias Nena Sahib" and "The

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 7, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Salt march (salt satyagraha) ends - Dandi, India

The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "GANDHI'S SALT REVOLT STIRS UP

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 5, 1931 This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "GANDHI WINS DEFIANCE FIGHT FOR INDIA".

Other news, sports and advertisements of the

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Fight for India independence (Salt tax)
• Gujarat, India villages campaign

Page 10 has one column headings: "GANDHI TO SPREAD HIS

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Fight for India independence (Salt tax)
• Gujarat, India villages campaign

Page 13 has one column headings: "GANDHI RESTS, WORN BY

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, March 27, 1931

• Kanpur, India riots (Cawnpore)
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

The front page has one column headings: "GANDHI MAKES NEW PLEA FOR END OF REVOLT" "Hindu

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn. March 4, 1931

• Gandhi-Irwin Pact reached  (early 1st report)
• Mahatma Gandhi & Lord Irwin - India

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "MAHATMA GANDHI

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Salt march (salt satyagraha) begins
• Dandi, India

The top of page 10 has one column headings: "GANDHI ON MARCH CHALLENGES ARREST"

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 12, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Fight for India independence
• New Satyagraha against tax on salt
• Famous salt march to Dandi begins (1st report)

The top of page

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 6, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Salt march (salt satyagraha) ends
• Dandi, India

The front page has a one column heading: "Gandhi Defies Britain; Makes Salt in

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, August 10, 1942

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi  - India riots
• The Mahatma & Jawaharlal Nehru arrests

The top of front page has photos of Gandhi and Nehru with heading: "Violence

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1932

• Poona Act agreement settled - India
• Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
• Six day fasting - hunger strike ends

The front page has a five column heading: "India

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 19,1857  Front half-page illustration of "General Sir Henry Havelock at the Head of His Staff." Inside two illustrations of dogs including "The Great American

THE BOSTON POST, Massachusetts, August 10, 1942

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• The Mahatma arrested

This 16 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 8: "POLICE FIGHT MOB IN INDIA" and more with

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1919  Page 3 has: "INDIA AND EGYPT STILL TURBULENT- Troops in Great Eastern Empire Fire on Mobs - 200 Casualties at Amritsar", with a few addition paragraphs of text

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, September 20, 1932

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• The Mahatma food strike begins

The front page has two column headlines that include: "India Grants

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 24, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Resistance is the only answer ?

Page 8  has one column headings: "GANDHI DECLARES FAITH IN RESISTANCE" "He Says if India Has

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, March 6, 1939

• Mahatma Gandhi
• "Fast Unto Death"
• Rajkot, India

The front page has one column headings: "FASTING GANDHI SENDS WIFE BACK TO INDIAN PRISON" "Weakens Rapidly

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 21, 1930

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
• Yerwada Central Jail interview
• Indian independence movement

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Gandhi

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, March 7, 1939

• Mahatma Gandhi
• "Fast Unto Death"
• Rajkot, India

This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "GANDHI WINS AND ENDS HIS FAST", "Has

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 28, 1931

• Mahatma Gandhi jail release

This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "INDIA'S BATTLE WILL CONTINUE,

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 1, 1933

• Mahatma Gandhi arrested
• Civil disobedience movement
• Ahmedabad, India

The front page has a one column heading: "Britain Seizes Gandhi as New Revolt Flares" (see

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4, 1932

• Gandhi arrested - The Mahatma
• Emil Carlsen death (1st report)
• American Impressionist painter

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GANDHI SENT TO

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, MA, January 24 & 25, 1950 (a two-issue set)  Although India's Independence was guaranteed as of 1947, it did not become a reality until January 26, 1950, when

THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 11, 1942  This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Casualties Rise as Riots, Strikes in India Spread to All Parts of

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 18, 1861  The front page shows: "The 'Lady Davis', Two Guns, Captain Enger, Ship of War of the Southern Confederacy" and "Rhode Island Artillery Landing from the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 13, 1912

The front page of this issue is a photo of "India Pays Homage to Her Emperor."

This issue has a photo spread of the "First Photographs of India's Great

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, October, 1766  A very nice and detailed article is: "An Account of East Florida" (see), taking over a full page. Other articles include: "Laws Ill Executed with

THE DETROIT NEWS, January 26, 1950

• India becomes a republic
• Independence from Britain
• Jawaharlal Nehru

Page 59 has a one column heading: "India Cuts Dominion Tie to King" with subheads. (see images)

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1940

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah speech
• Separate Muslim homeland
• Partition of British India prelude
• India and Pakistan independence

The top of page 7 has a one column heading:

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 9, 1933

• Mahatma Gandhi starts his 21-day fast

Page 4 has one column headings: "GANDHI BEGINS FAST EXPECTED TO PROVE FATAL" "Ordeal Begins in Presence of

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 29, 1931

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• The Mahatma Journey to Bombay
• Second Round Table Conference

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Crowds Strew Flowers in

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, April, 1762  Although typically missing from most issues, this magazine still contains the full page plate titled: "A Map Of the Island of Jamaica" which shows much

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, December, 1773

• Captain James Cook
• North America map

Certainly the prime feature of this issue is the nice foldout map that accompanies the lengthy article: "Epitome

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, April, 1762  Although typically missing from most issues, this magazine still contains the full page plate titled: "Plan of the City and Harbour of Havanna" which

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1932

• Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
• Six day fasting - hunger strike ends
• Untouchables to Harijans

This 20 page newspaper has one column

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 20, 1932

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• The Mahatma food strike begins

This 12 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include:

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 17, 1932

• Mumbai (Bombay), India race riots
• Muslims vs. Hindus groups

The front page has a one column heading: "64 Are Killed in India race Riot; 650 Hurt" (see images) 

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., January 24, 1950

• India becomes a republic
• Independence from Britain

The front page has a one column heading: "First President Being Elected By India Today" with subhead.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, September 27, 1932

• Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
• Six day fasting - hunger strike ends
• Untouchables to Harijans

This 24 page newspaper has one column

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 26, 1931

• Mahatma Gandhi jail release

The front page has a five column headline: "Britain Orders Freedom for Gandhi" with subheads and small photo of Gandhi. Another

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., August 17, 1946

• Direct Action Day
• Great Calcutta Killings
• Hindus and Muslims riot

The front page has a two column heading: "90 Reported Killed, 900 Injured as Moslems and

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 3 & 4, 1947

• Partition of India
• Mountbatten Plan

The front page of the June 3rd issue has a one column heading: "Dominion Status For India Soon, British

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., March 11, 1922

• Mahatma Gandhi arrested

The front page has a one column heading: "Gandhi, Arrested, Urges Friends On" See image for brief text here.
Sixteen pages, light

NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1944

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• The Mahatma jail release

This 30 page newspaper has a 2 column headline on the front page: "Gandhi Freed Unconditionally; British Act on Health