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In which year the publication of the newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' from Kolkata was started?

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In which year the publication of the newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' from Kolkata was started?
posted Jun 20, 2017 by Debaprasad Maity

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The publication of the newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' from Kolkata was started on January 29, 1780. It was an English language weekly newspaper. It was the first newspaper printed in Asia, and was published for two years, before the East India Company seized the newspaper's types and printing press. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in jail for debt, the newspaper was a strong critic of the administration of the Governor General Warren Hastings. The newspaper was important for its provocative journalism well before its time and its fight for free expression in India.

The publication of the newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' from Kolkata was started on January 29, 1780.

answer Jun 30, 2017 by Santosh Nandi
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