From 1780, James Augustus Hickey edited which weekly, the start of English printing in India?
ASambad Kaumudi
BSamachar Chandrika
CBengal Gazette
DBombay Samachar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Bengal Gazette
1. It called itself open to all, influenced by none.
2. Hickey's paper was the Bengal Gazette.
3. Warren Hastings persecuted him.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 5, Print Culture and the Modern World._
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