first newspaper in India..?

Hickey's Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years.
 
The Bengal Gazette started in 1780 by James Augustus Hickey was the first printed newspaper in India. It was a weekly newspaper, and was published in Calcutta, then capital of India. The paper ceased publication on March 23, 1782.
 
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