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The Indian-language press: its beginnings and influence in pre-1857 India.
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The Indian-language press: its beginnings and influence in pre-1857 India.

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The Indian-language press: its beginnings and influence in pre-1857 India.
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In response to our post on Hicky’s Bengal Gazette, India’s first printed newspaper, we received the following comment from a reader:

“This piece has made me wonder about the history of the press in India in local languages and the influence those newspapers and magazines had and the role they played in the lives of Indians.”

Limited by space, I present he…

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