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Hicky's Bengal Gazette or the Original Calcutta General Advertiser was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital of British India.
May 3, 2024 · On January 29, 1780, Ireland-born James Augustus Hicky published the first edition of ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette’, India's first newspaper. It covered a range of issues and later came under the colonial government’s radar. Here is its story.
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Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was also known as the Original Calcutta General Advertiser. It was an English language weekly that was started by James Augustus Hicky, a rather eccentric Irishman. The newspaper was published in Calcutta, the centre of colonial India during that time. Hicky acted as the paper’s writer, editor and publisher.
Title page of Carolus' Relation from 1609, the first newspaper. The term newspaper became common in the 17th century. However, in Germany, publications that we would today consider to be newspaper publications, were appearing as early as the 16th century.
Jan 4, 2024 · The Irishman James Augustus Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was the first English newspaper of India on the subcontinent and started in 1780. It was a weekly English newspaper published in Calcutta, which inspired Indians to launch a newspaper of their own.
