alleryWho started Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first newspaper printed in India?
ABal Gangadhar Tilak
BJugal Kishore Shukla
CRaja Ram Mohan Roy
DJames Augustus Hicky
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. James Augustus Hicky
1. The first printed newspaper was Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
2. It was started in 1780 by James Augustus Hicky.
3. Roy and Tilak used the press later, and Shukla began a Hindi paper in 1826.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mass media in India, Print_
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