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Which of the following was the first newspaper published in India?

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Which of the following was the first newspaper published in India?

Bengal Gazette
Som Prakash
Samachar Darpan
Bombay Herald

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News/magazine paper	Founded by	Year	Location	Features
Bengal Gazette	James Augustus Hickey	1780	Calcutta	India's first newspaper
Rasta Goftar	Dadabhai Naoroji	1851	Bombay	a Gujarati fortnightly
Som Prakash	Dwarkanath Vidya Bhushan		Calcutta	The first bangla newspaper which was associated with politics
Hindu Patriot	Girish Chandra Ghosh (later Harishchandra Mukherjee became its owner and editor)	1853	Calcutta	-
Samachar Darpan	William Carey	1818	Calcutta	first bangla weekly newspaper

Additional informationHistory of Indian Newspapers

The development of newspapers in India took place after the arrival of the Portuguese.
The first printing press in India was established by the Portuguese
The East India Company established a printing press in Bombay in 1684.

The Censorship of Newspapers Act (1799)

Newspapers were censored by Lord Wellesley
Censorship from newspapers was abolished in 1818

Licensing Rule of 1823

Full control of the Indian press was established after John Adams became the acting Governor-General in 1823.

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