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History of print revolution in India?????????????

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History of print revolution in India?????????????
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Gaurav Seth 6 years, 8 months ago

  • The printing press first came to Goa with the Portuguese missionaries in the mid 16th century.
  • Books were printed in Konkani and Kanara languages.
  • Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book, in 1579 at Cochin.
  • By 1710, Dutch protestant missionaries had printed 32 Tamil texts, many of them were translations of older works.
  • By 1780, James Augustus Hickey began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine.
  • By the close of 18th century, a number of newspapers were published by Indians too. The first to appear was the weekly ‘Bengal Gazette’ brought out by Gangadhar Bhattacharya, who was close to Rammohan Roy.
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