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SSC Sample Paper SSC (Group-C) Sample Test Paper-3

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    Which one among the following was the first English newspaper in India in the year 1780?

    A)  The Calcutta Gazette

    B)  The Bengal Gazette

    C) The Bengal Journal

    D)  The Bombay Herald

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     The Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Calcutta. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who earned the wrath of the then Governor-General Lord Warren Hastings.


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