James Hickey and Bengal Gazette
James Augustus Hickey a former businessman in London came up with the idea of establishing a press. Under the rule of East India Company India’s capital Calcutta and Hickey established the press in Calcutta in two languages English and Bengali. He is defined as the father of Indian Journalism because of his printing truth against the government and was a clever person in his work.
On 29th of July 1780 he started a news-paper named Bengal Gazette also known by its identical name Hickey’s Gazette it included facts and stories about how the government treated the common men. These ideas were creating a situation of revolt against the government therefore, East India Company banned the newspaper and the Bengal gazette fell down in mere 2 years.
Trace the History of Print Revolution in India
The print revolution started with the invention of the Gutenberg press invented by Johannes Gutenberg in England in the 1430s. First Bible was printed and introduced in the market and then multiple printing presses were set up in different places between 1458 to 1558.