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India’s first newspaper was started by 

India’s first newspaper was started by  Correct Answer James Augustus Hicky

The correct answer is option 2, i.e. James Augustus Hicky.

  • The Bengal Gazette also known as Calcutta General Advertiser started its publication in Calcutta, the centre of colonial India during that time in 1780 and was India’s first newspaper.
    • It was an English language weekly that was started by James Augustus Hicky, an Irishman who acted as the paper’s writer, editor and publisher.
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak published two newspapers named Kesari (Marathi daily) and Maharatta (English weekly) in 1881 from Bombay.
  • Raja Rammohan Roy published two journals Sambad Kaumudi (Bengali Weekly) in 1821 and Mirat-ul-Akbar (First journal in Persian) in 1822 from Calcutta.
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale started the English weekly newspaper, The Hitavad (The people's paper) and also published a daily newspaper titled Jnanaprakash.

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