SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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The Bengal Gazette
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The calcutta Gazette
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The Bengal Journal
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The Bombay Herald
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in jail for debt, the newspaper was a strong critic of the administration of Governor General Warren Hastings. The newspaper was important for its provocative journalism and its fight for free expression in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Oxford Gazette was established as a government newsbook in 1665, and succeeded by the London Gazette in 1666. Its format as a single sheet, printed on both sides, earned it a description as the first English newspaper.
Detailed explanation-4: -Samachar Darpan (Bengali: ) was a Bengali weekly newspaper published by the Baptist Missionary Society and published on 23 May 1818 from the Baptist Mission Press at Serampore in the first half of the 19th century.