| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | E.A. Smedley |
| Founded | 1872 (1872) |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | August 31, 1963 |
| Headquarters | Lahore,British India (later Pakistan) |
The Civil and Military Gazette was a daily English-language newspaper founded in 1872 inBritish India. It was published fromLahore,Simla andKarachi, some times simultaneously, until its closure in 1963.[1] The archives are owned by Lahore-based businessman Humayun Naseer Shaikh and have been digitized by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Citizens Archive of Pakistan.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Editor |
|
| Associate editor | Rudyard Kipling (1882–1887) |
| Founded | 1872 (1872) |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | September 13, 1963 |
| Headquarters | Lahore,British India (later Pakistan) |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1872 (1872) |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | February 12, 1949 |
| Headquarters | Simla,British India (later India) |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | February 3, 1949 (1949-02-03) |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | March 31, 1953 |
| Headquarters | Karachi,British India (later Pakistan) |
TheCivil and Military Gazette was founded inLahore andSimla in 1872. It was a merger ofThe Mofussilite inCalcutta, and theLahore Chronicle andIndian Public Opinion and Panjab Times in Lahore.[1][2]
The Lahore and Simla editions of the paper continued to be published concurrently until 1949, when the Simla branch was closed.
TheCivil and Military Gazette began publishing inKarachi a week before its branch in Simla closed. However, theCMG in Karachi was very short-lived, the publication lasting a mere 4 years.
During theCMG's publication in Lahore, Simla, and Karachi, the frequency of publication changed thrice as follows:
| Date changed | Until | Frequency of Publication | Branches affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1929 | November 14, 1932 | Daily (except Tuesday) | Lahore, Simla |
| November 15, 1932 | December 27, 1932 | Daily | Lahore, Simla |
| June 1, 1945 | October 24, 1949 | Daily (except Monday) | Lahore, Karachi |
TheCivil and Military Gazette was the workplace of renowned British author and poet,Rudyard Kipling. It was referred to by Kipling as his "mistress and most true love."[3]
Kipling wasassistant editor of theCMG, a job procured for him by his father, who wascurator of theLahore Museum,[4] when it was decided that he lacked the academic ability to get intoOxford University on ascholarship.[5]
When Kipling joined the staff at the LahoreCMG in 1882, theeditor-in-chief was Stephen Wheeler. 1886 brought a change of editors at the newspaper. Kay Robinson, the new editor, allowed more creative freedom, and Kipling was asked to contribute short stories to the newspaper.[6] His first collection ofshort stories,Plain Tales from the Hills, contained 28 stories that had initially found publication in theCMG.[7]
Rudyard Kipling eventually left theCivil and Military Gazette in 1887, to move to its sister-newspaper inAllahabad,The Pioneer.[4]
The last editor ofCMG was Abdul Hamid Sheikh, who wrote Lahore Notes under 'HS' in thePakistan Times after theCMG shut down.Mahbub Jamal Zahedi joined theCivil and Military Gazette in 1963, at a time when its last branch, situated in Lahore, was about to cease publication. He served there for only a few months, before he moved toDawn in Karachi.[8]
