Dhaka Prakash

[1] Although Dhaka Prakash initially served as a tool to promote and exchange issues of the Brahma Samaj, its policies and orientation transformed as ownership changed through the years.

Dacca Prokash was first published on 7 March 1861 (24h Falgun, 1267 Bengali Year) from the printing press Bangala Jantra in Babu Bazar.

However, when the magazine was shut down due to disagreement related to Bengal's Indigo revolt, some of them became determined to publish the weekly newspaper which led to the existence of Dacca Prokash in 1861.

After that, editorial responsibilities were carried on by Jagannath Agnihotri, Govinda Prasad Roy, Anath Bandhu Moulik (teacher of Dhaka Brahma School) and Pundit Baikuntha nath.

When Queen Victoria attained the Imperial Order of the Crown of India in 1878, he received the invitation to the royal ceremony in Delhi to represent Dhaka Prokash.

In 1885, Talukdar Babu Guruganga Aich Chowdhury (resident of Charipara, Bikrampur) acquired the copyright of the newspaper for 3450 Taka.

from Brahman Kham Bikrampur and Radharaman Ghosh,B.A., a retired secretary of Niradchandra Manikya, the late Maharaj of independent Tripura.

[7] As the first and one of the leading newspapers of East Bengal, Dacca Prokash harboured substantial influence as a mouthpiece and representative of the educated Bengalis in the region.

[6] The weekly publication Report on Native Papers, that translated selected articles from Bengali newspapers, also widely quoted Dacca Prokash in the nineteenth century.

"Dacca Prokash O Purbobonger Shomaj 1863-64", the most comprehensive research on the newspaper, emphasized on its vital role as a social, political, and intellectual representation of Dhaka in the 1860s, and 1870s.

As most intellectual and literary activities of Bengal reformation were based in Calcutta, the newspaper helped to revive, record, and advocate for social changes in Dhaka.

For around a century, Dacca Prokash disseminated the regional news, represented the voice of the people of East Bengal, and influenced the public opinion of the educated Bengalis.

Bangladeshi historian Muntasir Mamoon conducted extensive research on Dacca Prokash to record the archived accounts of Dhaka's history.