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jan 25, 1766 - India Front page of Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first newspaper printed in Asia. In 1766, a Dutch adventurer, William Bolts, proposed starting a newspaper for the English audience in Calcutta.

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jan 25, 1766
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~ 260 years ago