![]() ![]() ![]() Sicca Rupees, 42,000.” A lot of space was also devoted in Hicky’s paper to city news, women’s issues and anti-war reporting. Breaking of Tables, Chairs, Couches, Teapoys, Shades, Decanters, Bottles and Glassses…. “To dieting himself - and Family for 33 days, Feeding Elephants, Camels, Horses, and Bullocks &c. Here are the details of a bill that one of Hastings’ commanders in Benaras presented to his superior charging him for food, lodging and damage to property, while at Chunar Fort: For his paper, the Indian sepoy and the poor European soldier sent news of their work conditions, pay disparities, the unfairness of the promotion systems and quite often, gossip. Launched in 1780, his Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was the beginning of India’s press. ![]() This is what James Augustus Hicky, an Irishman who jumped ship to make his destiny and his fortune in 18th-century Calcutta, did. ![]() Few have, however, created a public, given it the reporter’s pen and space so that they can directly call out the government, and question its legitimacy for the job. Through them, the government tests its policies and citizens speak up, for or against them. The second is the averaging out of conventionally-held opinions and its opposite – dissent. ![]()
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