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Print Culture and the Modern WorldPrint Comes to India: Missionaries, Hickey and the Bengal Gazette4 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q34
Read the given source and answer the questions that follow: Print Comes to India From 1780, James Augustus Hickey began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a…
Read the given source and answer the questions that follow : Print Comes to India From $\displaystyle 1780$, James Augustus Hickey began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine that described itself as 'a commercial paper open to all, but influenced by none'. So it was private English enterprise, proud of its independence from colonial influence, that began English printing in India. Hickey published a lot of advertisements, including those that related to the import and sale of slaves. But he also published a lot of gossip about the Company's senior officials in India. Enraged by this, Governor-General Warren Hastings persecuted Hickey, and encouraged the publication of officially sanctioned newspapers that could counter the flow of information that damaged the image of the colonial government. By the close of the eighteenth century, a number of newspapers and journals appeared in print. There were Indians, too, who began to publish Indian newspapers. The first to appear was the weekly Bengal Gazette, brought out by Gangadhar Bhattacharya, who was close to Raja Rammohan Roy. ($\displaystyle 34.1$) In which language was 'Bengal Gazette' edited by James Augustus Hickey published ? ($\displaystyle 34.2$) Why was James Augustus Hickey persecuted ? ($\displaystyle 34.3$) Which newspapers were encouraged during the 1780s ? Why were they encouraged ? $\displaystyle 1+1=2$
Marking-scheme solution
$\displaystyle 34.1$ In which language was ‘Bengal Gazette’ edited by James Augustus Hickey Published? English
$\displaystyle 34.2$ Why was James Augustus Hickey persecuted? He published a lot of gossip about the Company’s senior officials.
$\displaystyle 34.3$ Which newspapers were encouraged during the 1780s? Why were they encouraged?
(i) They encouraged the publication of officially sanctioned papers.
(ii) to counter the flow of information that damaged the image of the colonial government.
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