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The Bengal Gazette was edited from 1780 by:
AJames Augustus Hickey
BJoseph Anthony Hobson
CJohn Anderson Hislop
DJacob Andrew Hopkins
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. James Augustus Hickey
1. English printing in India began as private enterprise.
2. From 1780 James Augustus Hickey edited the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine.
3. His gossip about Company officials led Warren Hastings to persecute him.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 5 'Print Culture and the Modern World'_
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