Question

Bengal Gazette was started by_____________
(A)Raja Rammohan Roy
(B)Rabindranath Tagore
(C)James Augustus Hickey
(D)None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Bengal Gazette was an English language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (India), At that time Kolkata is considered the capital of the British Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper printed in Asia. The slogan of this newspaper is "Open for all parties but influenced by none".The most important thing was that it was launched at that time when the East India company sealed the other newspaper all over. This newspaper contains only four pages.

Complete answer:
This newspaper Bengal Gazette was the famous newspaper of modern history and is also known as the original Calcutta general advertiser. The full name of the newspaper is Hickey Bengal Gazette as its publisher is James Augustus Hickey. He was an Irishman, the newspaper was the strong critic of the administration of Governor-general Warren Hastings (the first governor-general of Bengal) and east India company. The newspaper was important for its provocative journalism and its fight for free expression in India, later when the publication house came to know that east India company tied-up with other competitive companies and started laughing at the rival newspapers one of them was India Gazette. After this Hickey changed his motive and started his work differently from the previous work.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: It's the period of the seventeenth century when the Bengal Gazette was published and became important by his role in modern Bengal Gazette is the newspaper where people can express their thoughts independently means it not only spreads the news of government, politics but also about many other things. Later the Bengal Gazette's publication ended near the end of the seventeen century.