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Which was first newspaper printed in India?

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Which was first newspaper printed in India?
posted Feb 17, 2017 by anonymous

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Hicky's Bengal Gazette
English News Paper
Started on 1780 from Calcutta (now Kolkata)

Hickey's Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in Jail for debt. It was a weekly newspaper and paper ceased publication on March 23, 1782 after 2 years of publication.

answer Feb 20, 2017 by Salil Agrawal
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