Question

1)What is Bastile?
2) First newspaper published in india was ???

Answer 1

a) Bastile , medieval fortress on the east side of paris that became , in the 17th and 18th centuries , a french state prison and a place of detention for important persons charged with various offenses. The first stone was laid on 22nd april 1370 , on the orders of charles V of france , who had it built as a bastide , or fortification ( the name Bastile is a corruption of bastide , or fortification ( the name bastile is a corruption of bastide ) to protect his wall around paris against English attack. The bastile was subsequently demolished by order of the Revolutionary government.

b) Hickey bengal Gazette was the first newspaper of the sub- continent and started in 1780 in calcutta. It was founded by "James augustus Hickey " , known as the " Father of indian Journalism ". The paper was published in English language only for two years and ceased on 23 , march 1782 , by the british raj