The birth of journalism in India began with the Bengal Gazette, which was the first newspaper of India, starting publication on January 29, 1780 from printing office at No. 67, Radha Bazar, written in ...

It was an act of hubris on Hicky’s part, but also his quest for justice. Andrew Otis, in his book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette, quotes one of Hicky’s pieces on why he chose journalism: “I was not bred to a ...