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Modern Indian History Socio-religious reform Movements

1. Consider the following statements:

1. India’s first major newspaper was ‘The Bombay Gazette’.

2. The first newspaper in India was started by James Augustus Hickey.

3. It was started in English and vernacular.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

1 and 2

1 only

1 and 3 only

None

Explanation: Bengal Gazette (Not Bombay) was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India.

It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. It was founded by James Augustus Hickey.
Hicky's Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser was the first English-language newspaper, and indeed the first printed newspaper, to be published in the Indian sub-continent