Having established a press, he started his own business specifically for publishing and selling Bengali books, something he had himself previously trialed at Ferris.
Apart from the few books he wrote, he published Gangabhaktitarangini, Lakshmicharitra, Betal Panchabingshati, Chanakya Sloka and a collaborative work by Lallu Lal and Ram Mohan Roy.
The Sambad Prabhakar, and thence James Long, P. N. Bose[1] and Swaminath Natarajan have all claimed that Bangal Gezette began publication in 1816, and thus that Indian journalism commenced exclusively at the initiative of natives, rather than outsiders.
What is recorded is Harachandra Roy’s notice (dated 12 May 1818) in the Government Gazette of 14 May 1818 that: "he intends to publish a Weekly Bengal Gazette, to comprise the Translation of Civil Appointments, Government Notifications, and such other Local Matter, as may be deemed interesting to the Reader, into a plain, concise and correct Bengalee Language..." The Serampore Samachar Darpan came out on 23 May.
Bangal Gezette is said to have appeared "within a fortnight" of this date,[2] and is also referred to as having republished Ram Mohan Roy’s writings against sati.
Among his edited works are: Annada Mangal (1816) – Bharatchandra's Annadamangal included the Tales of Biddyah and Sunder, to which was added the Memoirs of Rajah Pratapaditya.