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In the last quarter of the 18th century, Calcutta grew into the first major centre of commercial and government printing.For the first time in the context of South Asia it becomes possible to talk of a nascent book trade which was full-fledged and included the operations of printers, binders, subscription publishing and libraries.
The Calcutta Chronicle and General Advertiser was a weekly English-language newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital of British India. [1] It was one of the earliest newspapers in colonial India and was published for four years until it stopped its publication under pressure from the East India Company .
In Calcutta, popular art naturally mirrored Western printing techniques, which were primarily produced by Europeans and became widely available in the city's bazaars. This influence is evident in the Battala woodcuts.
James Augustus Hicky's Bill to the East India Company for a printing job While in jail, Hicky acquired a printing press and types and by 1777 began a printing business from jail. In 1778, Hicky hired Lawyer William Hickey (who, confusingly, was not related to Hicky) to get rid of his debts and free him from jail.
James Hicky's Bengal Gazette or the Original Calcutta General Advertiser was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital of British India. It was the first newspaper printed in Asia , and was published for two years, between 1780 and 1782, before the East India Company seized the newspaper's types and ...
Pages in category "Printing in India" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Early phase of printing in Calcutta; H.
The Calcutta Gazette was founded by Francis Gladwin, an officer in the British East India Company, and an orientalist.Its first issue was published on 4 March 1784. The newspaper became an important medium for the publication of public information.
Madras Courier was found on 12 October 1785 by Richard Johnston, a British Army officer turned printer. [1] The transition in career path led him to establish the first newspaper in the Madras Presidency, following the Bengal Gazette, India's first newspaper, which was launched in Calcutta in 1780. [1]