28 April 2013

Question Of The Day #50: Identify.

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.

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  1. James Augustus Hickey, the Father of Indian Journalism, founded the first weekly Indian newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' in 1779 at Kolkata.

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  2. James 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

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  3. Right answer Ananya and Sathiyasundaram!

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