<P> Samachar Darpan ( Bengali : সমাচার দর্পণ ) was a Bengali weekly newspaper published by the Baptist Missionary Society and published on 23 May 1818 from the Baptist Mission Press at Serampore in the first half of the 19th century . It is considered to be the first Indian - language newspaper , although some historians contend that the Bengali weekly Bengal Gazetti or Vangal Gazette published by Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya had begun publication earlier . </P>
<P> Samachar Darpan ( Bengali : সমাচার দর্পণ ) was a Bengali weekly newspaper published by the Baptist Missionary Society and published on 23 May 1818 from the Baptist Mission Press at Serampore in the first half of the 19th century . It is considered to be the first Indian - language newspaper , although some historians contend that the Bengali weekly Bengal Gazetti or Vangal Gazette published by Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya had begun publication earlier . </P>
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the first weekly bengali newspaper samachar darpan was published by
the Baptist Missionary Society
the Baptist Missionary Society