Which one among the following was the first English newspaper in India in the year 1780 ........

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Which one among the following was the first English newspaper in India in the year 1780?

The Calcutta Gazette

The Bengal Gazette

The Bengal Journal

The Bengal Herald

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Explanation:

2nd option is correct.
The Bengal Gazette was the first English newspaper in India in the year 1780.
Hicky's Bengal Gazette or the Original Calcutta General Advertiser was an English language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital of British India. It was the first newspaper printed in Asia, and was published for two years, before the East India Company seized the newspaper's types and printing press.