Q. The name of the first newspaper published in Indian subcontinent was__?
Answer: Hicky\'s Bengal Gazette
Notes: Hicky's Bengal Gazette or Original Calcutta General Advertiser was an English-language newspaper published in Calcutta for two years that is 1780 and 1782. It was first newspaper published in Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Irishman James Augustus Hicky in 1779 and was discontinued when East India Company seized the newspaper's types and printing press.
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