EDUCATION UGC NET
COMMUNICATION
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James Augustus Hicky
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Dr. Annie Besant
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Lord Cripson
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A.O. Hume
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was also known as the Original Calcutta General Advertiser. It was an English language weekly that was started by James Augustus Hicky, a rather eccentric Irishman. The newspaper was published in Calcutta, the centre of colonial India during that time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was the first English-language newspaper published on the Indian subcontinent. It was founded in Calcutta, capital of British India at the time, by Irishman James Augustus Hicky in 1779.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 18 November 1780, the same day that the first India Gazette was published, Hicky modified the name of his newspaper from Hicky’s Bengal Gazette; or, Calcutta General Advertiser, to Hicky’s Bengal Gazette; or the Original Calcutta General Advertiser to emphasize that his newspaper was founded first.
Detailed explanation-4: -History. Bengal Gazetti was published in May 1818. The publisher of the magazine was Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya and supported by Harachandra Roy.
Detailed explanation-5: -The First Newspaper of India Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was published in Calcutta in 1780.