[2] It remained the leading paper of the city for a long time and covered important events such as the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
[3] The owners and editors of Bombay Gazette included the British journalist and politician, James Mackenzie Maclean,[4] Adolphus Pope (1821), Fair (1826), Francis Warden (1827), R. X. Murphy (1833), Grattan Geary (1890), Sir Frank Beaman[5] and Galium (1840).
[6] In 1911, Sir Pherozeshah Mehta and Benjamin Horniman attempted to purchase Bombay Gazette, to counteract the influence of another newspaper The Times of India, and to give a voice to Indian nationalists, but his attempts were thwarted by one of the directors, Sir Frank Beaman, which led Mehta to establish a separate newspaper, The Bombay Chronicle in 1913.
For instance, on 13 January 1880, Bombay Gazette published a news article - "A large hyena is prowling about Malabar Hill on the western side between Mr. Nicol's residence and Vaucluse, as good sport as a Mazagon tiger.
"[3] It was known to oscillate its stand between extremes of conservative pro-establishment to liberal pro-Indian, based on the opinions of the current editor and owner.