James Augustus Hicky

James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman, who launched first printed newspaper of India, in January 1780, with the name Bengal Gazette; it also came to be known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

He is also known as the 'Papa of Indian Press' by the British.[7] Although his newspaper was disliked by the then Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings, he paved the way and influenced multiple other Indians to start newspapers.

Occupation

Otherwise a surgeon by occupation, he was best known as the writer, editor, and printer of the Bengal Gazette.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Agra Scribes Remember James Augustus Hicky, India's First Journalist". Agratoday.in. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. ↑ Hickey Memoirs Vol.II p176
  3. ↑ Embed Video Subscribe to comments Post Comment. "industry analysis of print media". Slideshare.net. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  4. ↑ CMPA India (2011-04-28). "CMPA: April 2011". Cmpaindia.com. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  5. ↑ Johar, Roshni (2000-01-30). "220 years old & still going strong". The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum. Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  6. ↑ "Early Indian Newspapers". Bl.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  7. ↑ "India's First Ever Newspaper, James Augustus Hickey Was A Symbol Of Fearless Journalist". The Logical Indian. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  8. ↑ "India's First Ever Newspaper, James Augustus Hickey Was A Symbol Of Fearless Journalist". The Logical Indian. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

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