who among the following governor general had persecuted james augustus hickey ?
(A) lord warren hestings
(B)lord irwin
(C)lord dalhousie
(D)lord wellesley
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The correct option is A) lord warren hestings
Explanation:
He was pursuing his career as a surgeon when he landed in Calcutta and was praised for both being a surgeon and merchant unless he faced a severe loss in business.
He was unable to pay the debt and became a journalist after ending up in debtor's prison.
He used to publish from imprisonment.
But soon he started writing gossips about the senior east India officials which made the Governor general lord warren hestings persecute him.
Answer:lord Warren Hastings
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James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman, who launched first printed newspaper of India on January 1780, with the name Bengal Gazette, it was also known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
His "Bengal Gazzette" was a weekly magazine ,"a commercial paper , open to all and influenced by none."It contained a lot of advertisements ,even about import and trade of slaves.There was a lot of Gossip about the Company's senior officials in India.This made General Warren Hastings angry so that he persecuted Hickey.