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Mangalore samachar
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Bombay samachar
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Bengal gezet
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Mumbai Samachar is the oldest continuously published newspaper in India. Established in 1822 by Fardunjee Marzban, it is published in Gujarati and English.
Detailed explanation-2: -Initially found in 1789 as the “Bombay Herald", the newspaper’s name was changed to “Bombay Gazette” in 1791. It remained the leading paper of the city for a long time and covered important events such as the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The oldest living newspaper in the world, and with the same title, is the Gazzetta di Mantova, regularly published in Mantua (Italy) since 1664.