Question

Which was the first newspaper in India and when was it published​

Answer 1

❝ʜɪᴄᴋʏ's ʙᴇɴɢᴀʟ ɢᴀᴢᴇᴛᴛᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴇɴɢʟɪsʜ-ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ɴᴇᴡsᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ sᴜʙᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ғᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴄᴀʟᴄᴜᴛᴛᴀ, ᴄᴀᴘɪᴛᴀʟ ᴏғ ʙʀɪᴛɪsʜ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ʙʏ ɪʀɪsʜᴍᴀɴ ᴊᴀᴍᴇs ᴀᴜɢᴜsᴛᴜs ʜɪᴄᴋʏ ɪɴ 1779.❞

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Answer 2

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Explanation:

1. The first newspaper printed in India was- Hicky's Bengal Gazette and was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hicky.
2. Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was also known as the Original Calcutta General Advertiser.
3. It was an English language weekly newspaper that was started by James Augustus Hicky, a rather eccentric Irishman.
4. The newspaper was published in Calcutta, the centre of colonial India during that time.
5. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), and The Bombay Herald (1789) soon followed.

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