GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first Newspaper in India was
A
Bengal Gazette
B
Kesari
C
Times of India
D
Mumbai Mirror
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 Gazette of India is a public journal and an authorised legal document of the Government of India, published weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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