Question

trace the growth of printing press in India.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Manuscripts were copied on palm leaves or on handmade paper. (ii) Print came to India : The printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries in the mid 16th century. (iii) James Hicky and print : From 1780, James Augustus Hicky began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine.

Answer 2

Growth of printing press in India.

• The first printing press came to Goa in the mid sixteen century by the Portuguese missionaries.

• Catholic priest prints the first Tamil book in 1580 in Cochin and in 1712 the first book was printed by them in Malayalam.
• By mid 19th century power driven mechanical cylindrical press came into being, capable of printing 8,000 sheets per hour.

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