alleryThe first newspaper in India in any Indian language was:
AMirat-ul-Akhbar by Rammohun Roy (Persian, 1822)
BSambad Kaumudi by Rammohun Roy (1821, in Bengali)
CBengal Gazette by James Augustus Hicky (1780, in English)
DTimes of India (1838, in English)
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Bengal Gazette by James Augustus Hicky (1780, in English)
1. syllabus discusses early Indian print journalism.
2. While the question is layered: Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper in India (1780), but it was in English.
3. The Sambad Kaumudi (Bengali) and Mirat-ul-Akhbar (Persian) are landmark first vernacular newspapers from the 1820s.
4. The Bengal Gazette is the FIRST newspaper IN INDIA, despite being English-language.
_Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Indian Press ¶2_
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