GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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The Bengal gazzet
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The story with my experiment with truth
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Towards freedom
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Kesari
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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: -In 1609, Johann Carolus published the first regular newspaper in Strassburg, comprising brief news bulletins. By the 1620s, numerous major cities had newspapers of 4 to 8 pages appearing at irregular intervals; all were strictly censored. The first daily newspaper appeared in 1660 in Leipzig.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Austria the Wiener Zeitung was started in 1703 and is considered to be the oldest surviving daily newspaper in the world.