This Day in the Histroy | India’s first newspaper ‘Bengal Gazette’ was started

James Augustus Hickey started India's first newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' from Calcutta on January 29, 1780

by Editor Ritam English

Jan 29, 2025, 10:03 am IST

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