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Name the first newspaper in India.
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Name the first newspaper in India.

A.

Bengal Gazette

B.

Samvad Kaumudi

C.

Mirat-ul-Akbar

D.

Hindoo Patriot

Correct option is A

India's first newspaper was Hickey's Bengal Gazette, also known as the Calcutta General Advertiser. In 1780, James Augustus Hicky established it in Calcutta (now Kolkata). It was a weekly English-language newspaper that acted as a forum for public opinion and criticism of the British East India Company, ushering in the era of Indian journalism.

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