Multiple choice general knowledge history

Which is the first major newspaper in India ?

  1. The Bengal Gazette

  2. The lndian Gazette

  3. The Madras Gazette

  4. Times of India
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The Bengal Gazette (also known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette) was founded in 1780 by James Augustus Hicky in Calcutta. It was the first English-language newspaper published in India and is recognized as India's first major newspaper, marking the beginning of Indian journalism.

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