This Day in the Histroy | India’s first newspaper ‘Bengal Gazette’ was started

James Augustus Hickey started India’s first newspaper ‘Bengal Gazette’ from Calcutta on January 29, 1780. The newspaper was published weekly every Saturday in English. Initially, the newspaper was priced at 1 rupee, and it had a circulation of more than 400. ‘Bengal Gazette’ stirred controversy among powerful prominent officials under British rule with his news publication.