Multiple choice general knowledge

What is the first news paper in India?

  1. Anand Bazar

  2. Dainik Jagran

  3. Udant Martand

  4. Bengal Gazette
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Bengal Gazette, founded by James Augustus Hicky in 1780, was indeed the first newspaper published in India. Udant Martand (1830) was the first Hindi newspaper, not the first overall newspaper in India. Anand Bazar and Dainik Jagran are much later publications.

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