GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Name the first newspaper to be published in India-
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The Calcutta Chronicle
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The Bengal Gazzete
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The Madras Courier
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The Bombay Herald
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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: -Nevertheless, the German-language Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is commonly accepted to have been the first newspaper.
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.
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