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Journalism, in South Asia was introduced by the Employees of East India Company. Earlier, a Dutch employee William Bolts tried to publish a newspaper stating injustice of the Company but he was directed to quit and proceed to England. Later, James Augustus Hicky tried the same and succeeded in shape of 'Hicky's Bengal Gazette'. Two years later his press and Gazette was seized by the authorities. In coming decades, some more newspapers appeared not only in Company's hub Calcutta but also in other trade hubs like Madras and Bombay. The story of Urdu Journalism started decades later in 1822 when Munshi Sada Sukh from Calcutta initiated Jam e Jahan Numa. In coming years Urdu Journalism got well attention as a profitable Business but restrictions on freedom of expression were still there. After 1857, this issue became more Complex especially for the Muslims. So that investors focused their attentions on social and literary issues in spite of political matters and kept forwarding. In this article it is tried to analyze the development of prestigious Urdu newspapers and journals of nineteenth's century keeping in view their business perspectives. Mainly four periodicals named 'Awadh Akhbar', 'Awadh Punch', 'Tehzeebul Akhlaq' and 'Paisa Akhbar' are focused to conclude the session

Dr. Shafiq Anjum. (2017) Prominent Urdu Newspapers & Journals of Nineteenth Century: A Review, DARYAFT, Volume 18, Issue 18.
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