Robert Knight papers promoted Indian self-rule and often criticized the policies of the British Raj.[1][2][3] ''Bengal Gazetti'' was the first Bengali newspaper published in India in May 1818, and Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya edited it.[4]
^Edwin Hirschmann, "The Hidden Roots of a Great Newspaper: Calcutta's Statesman," Victorian Periodicals Review (2004) 37#2 pp 141-160.
^Edwin Hirschmann, "An Editor Speaks for the Natives: Robert Knight in 19th Century India," Journalism Quarterly (1986) 63#2 pp 260–267
^Hirschmann, Edwin (2008). Robert Knight: Reforming Editor in Victorian India. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-569622-6.