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Who among the following published the first English-language newspaper in India?

  • 1
    Rabindranath Tagore
  • 2
    Gangadhar Bhattacharya
  • 3
    James Augustus Hickey
  • 4
    Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Answer : 3. "James Augustus Hickey"
Explanation :

Hickey's Bengal Gazette was a weekly English newspaper published from Calcutta, India by the Irishman James Augustus Hickey. 

It was the first newspaper of the sub-continent and was started in 1780. 

It was an inspiration for the Indians to launch a newspaper of their own.

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