Q. What is the name of India’s first newspaper?
Answer: Bengal Gazette
Notes: It is an English language weekly published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital of British India. It was the first newspaper to be printed in Asia and was published between 1780 and 1782, two years before the East India Company confiscated the newspaper type and printing press. Founded by James Augustus Hickey, who previously spent two years in prison for debts, the newspaper was a strong critic of Governor-General Warren Hastings' administration. The newspaper is important for its provocative journalism and the struggle for freedom of expression in India.

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