Question Discussion & Solution

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• A.O. Hume was a British civil servant who played a key role in the formation of the Indian National Congress
• He was the founder of the Indian National Congress
• The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885

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• Mangal Pandey was a sepoy in the British East India Company's army
• He is considered one of the first martyrs of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• The rebellion was a major uprising against British rule in India

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• The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was a brutal attack on unarmed civilians by British troops
• The massacre occurred on 13 April 1919
• It was a major turning point in the Indian independence movement

The Correct Answer is 1780.

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• The First Newspaper of India hickey's Bengal Gazette was published in Calcutta in 1780.
• 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 printing press.
• Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in jail for debt, the newspaper was a strong critic of the administration of Governor-General Warren Hastings.
• The newspaper was important for its provocative journalism and its fight for free expression in India.

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• A.O. Hume was a British civil servant who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885.
• The main objective of the Indian National Congress was to bring about political and social reforms in India.