GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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____ has edited the newspaper the Bengal gazzet.
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james hicky
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Henry Walter
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Sir George Everest
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bak Gangadhar tilak
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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. The front page news stories are written in British English.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Calcutta Gazette was founded by Francis Gladwin, an officer in the British East India Company, and an orientalist. Its first issue was published on 4 March 1784.
Detailed explanation-3: -On January 29, 1780, Hicky’s newspaper also known as Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser, was founded. It was a weekly English-language newspaper produced in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), the capital of British India.
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