Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
- Hicky’s Bengal Gazette (Original Calcutta General Advertiser) was an English language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the then capital of British India.
- It was founded by James Augustus Hicky.
- It began publication on January 29, 1780 and was published for two years.
- It was the first newspaper printed in Asia.
- The newspaper in its time was strong critic of administration of Governor General Warren Hastings.
- It was important for its provocative journalism well before its time and its fight for free expression in India.