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Q. Which of the following was the first newspaper in India?
Answer: Bengal Gazette
Notes: Hicky's Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper in India. It was published in the year 1780. It was an English newspaper (weekly) published in Kolkata. James Augustus Hicky (Irish) was the publisher of the Newspaper. It was banned in 1782.

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