HISTORY
THE FIRST ONE
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Question
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Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
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Bengal Chronicle
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Bombay Samachar
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Bengal Gazette
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The Hindu
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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: -History. The Calcutta Gazette was founded by Francis Gladwin, an officer in the British East India Company, and an orientalist. Its first issue was published on 4 March 1784.
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