James Augustus Hickey
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James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman, who launced first printed newspaper of India
, in January 1780, with the name Bengal Gazette also came to known Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, in January 1780, with the name Bengal Gazette also came to known Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
See also
- Hickey's Bengal GazetteHickey's Bengal GazetteFounded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in Jail for debt. Later on, Hicky was jailed because he earned the wrath of the then Governor-General Lord Warren Hastings. He would mostly write articles criticising the activities of Lady Hastings,...
- Newspaper copy from British Library