Indian Newspaper Day 2021: Newspapers act as a reality of substance, which spread knowledge of day to day activities at the tip of your fingers, and as it is often said- Just this once, the big news of the day isn’t in the papers. It is the papers.
January 29 is observed as the Indian Newspaper day, on 29 January 1780, India’s and Asia’s first printed newspaper ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette’ started its publication. It was a weekly English newspaper started by an Irishman.
Let’s take a look at what the history, significance and the News Paper day is all about.
Talking about the first newspaper in India, it was called Hickey’s Bengal Gazette, also known as Calcutta General Advertiser, which was printed in Kolkata on 29 January 1780 in Kolkata, which wast ah capital of India, in the 17th century. However, now the days have changed so have the audience needs and performances.
Talking about the Hickey’s Bengal Gazette, it was the first newspaper to be printed in Asia nut the publication was stopped in 1782 as the British were aware of the damage of the newspapers can do to their image and regime.
Founded by Irishman named James Augustus Hicky, the newspaper was known to express feelings freely and in an unbiased manner which didn’t go well with the people that time.
The Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was a weekly newspaper, but it needed a change, news started reaching each and every household and it made a major step towards bringing the common man closer to ones in power.
As the power of media is known to all, and it comes with bringing information to everyone at every nook and corner of the world, 29th January is just a day to honour the newspapers of the country- so Happy newspaper day.
