GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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: -Bengal Gazetti was a historic Bengali weekly newspaper published in India in 1816 or 1818 and is one of the oldest publications in India. It is believed to the first Bengali Language newspaper. The journal was edited by Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya, a former employee of Serampore Mission Press.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Hickey’s Bengal Gazette” or “Original Calcutta General Advertiser” was the name of the newspaper. We can see that the name is derived, obviously from the last name of the creator of the Newspaper and the then capital of British India, Calcutta (now Kolkata).