Hindoo Patriot
| Type | Weekly (1853-1892) Daily (1892- ) |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Madhusudhan Ray (1853-54) Girish Chandra Ghosh (1854-56) Harish Chandra Mukherjee (1856-61) Kaliprasanna Singha (1861) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1861-62) Board of Trustees (1862- ) |
| Editor | Girish Chandra Ghosh (1853-55) Harish Chandra Mukherjee (1855-61) Girish Chandra Ghosh (1861) Krishnadas Pal (1861-1884) Rajkumar Sarbadhikari (1884-) |
| Founded | 1853 |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, Bengal, British India |
| Circulation | c. 200 (pre-1857) |
The Hindoo Patriot (Bengali: হিন্দু পেট্রিয়ট) was an English weekly published from Kolkata in the later half of the nineteenth century. The Hindoo Patriot was a nationalist publication known for its active role in exposing the oppression of indigo planters in Bengal.
In 1853, one Madhusudan Ray, a Burrabazar banker approached Sreenath Ghosh, the founder editor of Bengal Recorder and his brother Girish Chandra Ghosh to start an English newspaper. It was agreed that Bengal Recorder would be discontinued and Hindoo Patriot was chosen as the name for the new paper. The name is said to have been given by Girish Chandra Ghosh, however according to the Reis and Rayyet, the name was given by Kshetra Chandra Ghosh, the youngest of the Ghosh brothers. Kristo Das Pal believed that the name was given by Harish Chandra Mukherjee. Manmathanath Ghosh, the grandson and biographer of Girish Chandra Ghosh however has refuted the latter claim and on the authority of Madhusudan Ray concluded that the name Hindoo Patriot was given by Girish Chandra Ghosh himself, citing that Harish Chandra Mukherjee had joined the Hindoo Patriot later and held a subordinate position in the initial years.
The Hindoo Patriot was first published on January 6, 1853 by Madhusudan Ray, under the editorship of Girish Chandra Ghosh. It began to be published every Thursday from Kalakar Street where Madhusudan Ray's press was located.But it was under the editorship of Harish Chandra Mukherjee, the most promising correspondent journalist of contemporary bengal that Hindoo Patriot became the leading news weekly of bengal.In 1854, it was printed for some time from Cossitollah. Harish Chandra Mukherjee the promising correspondent of Bengal Recorder had joined Hindoo Patriot and gradually rose up to the editorial board. In 1855, he became the chief editor of Hindu Patriot. A year later he bought the newspaper from Girish Chandra Ghosh in the name of his elder brother Haran Chandra Mukherjee. Girish Chandra Ghosh continued to write till 1858, when he left Hindoo Patriot to start another English newspaper named the Bengalee.
After the untimely death of Harish Chandra Mukherjee, The Hindoo Patriot was facing the grim prospect of a financial disaster. At that time Kaliprasanna Singha provided the necessary financial support and saved the paper from ruin. Girish Chandra Ghosh who had severed all ties with Hindoo Patriot three years ago, was moved by the plight of Harish Chandra Mukherjee's bereaved mother and helpless widow and took up the editorship again. After he left Hindoo Patriot again in November that year, the paper was bought over by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Krishnadas Pal became its new editor.
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