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The first newspaper published in India was:

A. The Calcutta Gazette

B. The Madras Courier

C. The Bengal Gazette

D. The Bombay Herald

Answer: Option C

Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)

Hicky's Bengal Gazette, a weekly English newspaper published by James Augustus Hicky in Calcutta in January 1780, was the first printed newspaper in India.

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