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 ...

Freedom of press was always elusive. On this day, 245 years ago, the first Indian newspaper was born when James Augustus Hicky printed Hicky’s Bengal Gazette. Its brief, brilliant, outrageous and ...

What was the Bengal Gazette known for? Founded by an Irishman named James Augustus Hicky, the newspaper was known for expressing everything freely in an unbiased manner which didn't go down well ...