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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2020 — General Studies · Question 58 of 200

Q58
Indian National MovementPress, Literature & Cultural Institutions
Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
  1. a.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. b.Raja Rammohan Roy
  3. c.J.A. Hickey
  4. d.Lord William Bentinck

Answer: (C) J.A. Hickey

James Augustus Hickey started the "Bengal Gazette" (also called Hickey's Gazette) in 1780, the first English newspaper printed in India.

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