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Who started the first English newspaper in India? |
A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
B. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
C. | J.A. Hickey |
D. | Lord William Bentinck |
Answer» C. J.A. Hickey | |
Explanation: The first major newspaper in India-The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) soon followed. |
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