The questions for this week shall be based on Print Media.
Identify the person in the pic, and what's his claim to fame?
Answer: (Please highlight the text below)
James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman, who launched first printed newspaper of India, in January 1780, with the name Bengal Gazette; it also came to be known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
Identify the person in the pic, and what's his claim to fame?
Answer: (Please highlight the text below)
James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman, who launched first printed newspaper of India, in January 1780, with the name Bengal Gazette; it also came to be known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
James Augustus Hickey, the Father of Indian Journalism, founded the first weekly Indian newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' in 1779 at Kolkata.
ReplyDeleteJames Augustus Hicky ,Irishman, who launched first printed newspaper of India, in January 1780, with the name Bengal Gazette. It also came to be known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette
ReplyDeleteRight answer Ananya and Sathiyasundaram!
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