The first effort to start a newspaper in India was made by:
(1) William Carey
(2) James Augustus Hickey
(3) William Bolts
(4) James Silk Buckingham

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The first effort to start a newspaper in India was made by: (1) William Carey (2) James Augustus H..

Answer / salman haider

J A Hickey

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The first effort to start a newspaper in India was made by: (1) William Carey (2) James Augustus H..

Answer / tuhina gupta from amity univ

William Bolts.....very few people know that the initial
efforts for printing a newspaper were made by this man. As
a result, the East India Company, despatched Bolts back to
England as his revelation would have prooved the corruption
amongst the officers and their wrong intentions of
exploiting india and her people.

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The first effort to start a newspaper in India was made by: (1) William Carey (2) James Augustus H..

Answer / abhishek kumar

william bolts 1776

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The first effort to start a newspaper in India was made by: (1) William Carey (2) James Augustus H..

Answer / subir ghosh

William Bolts(1740?-1808), a private merchant of Dutch
origin, came to Calcutta in search of fortune in 1759. In
the same year he joined the service of the East Indian
Company. He sought the permission of the Company to bring
out a newspaper. The Company authorities, fearing that a
newspaper might disclose their shady affairs and corrupt
practices, not only denied the permission but promptly
despatched Bolts to England.

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The first effort to start a newspaper in India was made by: (1) William Carey (2) James Augustus H..

Answer / ahmedabad

William Carey

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