61. The first newspaper which was published in India was A.The Calculatta Gazette B.The Bombay Gazette C.The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta D.The Bengal Gazette

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Abhishek Mishra

2 years ago

Option D Solution: Hickey's Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in Jail for debt.

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