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The First English Newspaper In India Was

  • A
    Hickey's Bengal Gazette
  • B
    The Calcutta Gazette
  • C
    The Bengal Journal
  • D
    The Bombay Herald
Explanation:
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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