GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Who started the first English newspaper in India?
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Raja Rammohan Roy
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J.A. Hickey
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Lord William Bentick
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman who launched the first printed newspaper in India, Hicky’s Bengal Gazette.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Augustus Hicky is known as the father of Indian journalism. He launched India’s first newspaper, the Bengal Gazette along with the Calcutta General Advertiser, in 1780. The paper lasted just two years before being seized by the British administration in 1782 for its outspoken criticism of the Raj.
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